A fun and interesting day out with Roderick at Brightday 2. Many highlights but of course the @auspacker show was again #1. The full set is here.

Fishing with my little boy. Good for reflection in cold times. The full set is here.

A great evening at World Press Photo lab's Next3 with among others Gary Knight. Story telling with flair.

Rare to see two very different demonstrations around human suffering; muslim brotherhood and participants in the marathon. The full set is here.

Gaming with his old friend from primary school, they know each other for most of their lives....

Mass demonstration (>10.000 crowds) seem to be of the past. Nowadays around 1.000 of predominantly older protesters seems to be the quantity that caters for a successful demonstration. The full set is here.

To Russia with love protest on Museumsquare Amsterdam. Claiming the rights of those like-minded in Russia. The full set is here.

Opening of Pep Bonet's exhibition of his work on Motorhead in the Melkweg in Amsterdam. Local rock chick Elle Bandita played two acoustic songs by Motorhead. The full set is here. 

Dutch protest singer Armand performs in the Vondelpark. More pictures here. Protest brings out character...

Back from a very interesting European three week road trip to three cities with three themes: Berlin/#designforcrisis (pictures here) Avallon/#quantifiedcontext (pictures here) and Geneva/#openinnovation (pictures here). Met amazing people with lots of ideas worth sharing!

Back from an amazing unconference Kinnernet Europe in Avallon, France. 72 Hours of conversation with an international group of academics, investors, media executives, artists, start ups and more. The digital age is only just starting....More pictures are here.

A very pleasant evening at Mediamatic with Rietveld alumnus Pieke Werner reading her own animated stories. The full set can be found here.

Anti fur protest

Last week protests at throwing away food, this week protests against fur at the museum square in Amsterdam during the Amsterdam Fashion Week. The full set is here.

Damn food taste activities on the Museumplein demonstrating the importance of food and the amount of over the date food that is thrown away. A lot of people picking up the free lunch. The full set is here.

Happy to see a great new addition to the maker movement in Amsterdam iFabrica. A thorough selection of tools in an industrial environment could work very well. Will not be the last time I visit. The full set is here.

Roderick's great-grandmother started the oldest youth symphony orchestra in The Hague, The Netherlands. On Saturday June 15 the main jubilee activities were held. Roderick's niece Gina plays in the orchestra (right behind the conductor).

A great day with the common ground group on the water.

Documentary film maker Benny Brunner has amazing stories to share.

Amazing to see how fast Roderick grasps all of the digital world and how he thinks that the amount of information and entertainment is normal to have. At his age, not even a fraction of it was available to me ;-)
Also nice to test out the new Leica M 240 again at high iso values. A big improvement indeed and a welcome one too.

The General assembly called for by Occupy Amsterdam in solidarity with the Turkish movement. The full set is here.

In the greener postures of The Netherlands there is a nice Photo festival Foto Naarden. The full set can be found here.

A nice evening eating and talking with friends and the kids playing games... life is good in its simplest form.

Thanks to Pieter Krigee of Nivo Schweitzer I am shooting with the latest Leica M 240. Great beast that appears to be feeling much better at home at high iso values. Looking forward taking it more to shoot later this weekend.

A small group of people of the original occupy movement mobilised some thousands of demonstrators against Monsanto on Dam square. The full set is here.

After last weeks opulent food festivals, this week an animal rights demonstration. The full set can be found here.

Yet another fascinating spectacle and experiment at Mediamatic: Opera Playground by Martin Butler. The full set is here.

Continuing the food, fun and music days with Indomania5. Lots of people talking and eating Indonesian food with Indonesian music. The full set is here.

Colder and less crowded as yesterday, but still very good food, fun and music at Rollende Keukens at the Westergas.

Great fun and food festival Rollende Keukens at the Westergas factories in Amsterdam. The full set is here.

An intimate pre-launch event of the amazing new photo-book by Anton Corbijn: Waits. Foam excelled once more in getting top photographers. The full set is here.

Every photo essay requires certain shots. One of those is the scene/location shot. What better for Kingsday in Amsterdam then the canals with flag and boats full of people celebrating. The full essay is here.

Protester who is convinced in the end he will be victorious.

A true royalist fan showing his admiration for the new king.

People cannot wait to get to sell their stuff in the Vondelpark. 'Burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid' i.e. citizens not accepting the finer points of the law...

Kingsday frenzy starting up on Dam Square....

Amsterdam is getting ready for Kingsday. The full set is here

An interesting afternoon at Mediamatic with artist Tinkebell reviewing her save the world projects (her nude calender did not sell well at all...) and the wild man of Dutch cinema Cyrus Frisch talking about his films. Intense happening. The full set can be found here.

Flashmob celebrating the opening of the Rijksmuseum with Wim Pijbes overlooking the crowds.

Last week I had the unique opportunity to visit Fukushima with the volunteers of Safecast, an organisation that measures radiation. For the first time in two years the area has been given a better access, allowing us to come deeper into the wasteland it has become. The radiation in the accessible area is though still much much higher as in Tokyo.

It is unbelievable how the Tsunami has created havoc and as a side effect caused the nuclear disaster as collateral damage that came with it. The area is mostly depopulated with complete empty villages and is being cleaned by liquidators. All over you see big ‘garbage bags’ full of contaminated material, obviously not even the tip of the iceberg... It will take many many years before everything will be cleaned, if ever. A second Chernobyl has been created. An area where only old people are still willing to live combined with a standstill of economic activity.

My pictures can be found here.

An interesting gathering of potential start ups for Rockstart Accelerator 2013 class today, ready for the grilling by the mentors. The full set is here.

Yet another great Brightnight at Pakhuis De Zwijger. The Bright crew celebrated the 50th issue. The full set is here.

At the hight of the winter, the sandmapping project has started at Mediamatic.

Back from an amazing nice week in France at D'une Ile in Normandy. The full set is here.