Kudos to De Balie for getting the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement to Amsterdam. Confrontational but interesting Freedom lecture indeed.

Roderick being trained to become a hand at Fast Moving Targets Top Names...

The arrival of the new Saint...

Always nice when people bring something with them to TopNames. Especially when it is a Sharp PC-7000 portable computer from the ancient computer age 1982...

Another demonstration on the Museumplein. Popular topic anti-TTIP and Ceta and a lot of other things in the patchwork of individuals and organisations involved. Mostly friendly with some excess of the extreme left.

Earlier in the week, without Leica.., Dead Kennedys. Now no wave goddess Lydia Lunch..

An interesting episode of Top Names with artist Arne Hendriks and professor Bart Brouwers

Another Top Names with full support of Willem Jan Draper, Martinus Meiborg and thehand Johan Schaap...

Demonstrations seem to get smaller and smaller even when it is about important issues such as press freedom....

Lots of media and tech at Emerce eDay. Located again in Amsterdam. Wise move.

First shooting of the new season of Top Names with heavy hitting professors!

What a beautiful and free country I live in. People can be themselves who or whatever they want to be. The full set is here.

Having dinner with friends on the water...life is good...

The most amazing gathering on photojournalism in the summer heat of Perpignan France: Visa pour l'image.

Fred Ritchin introducing the four corners photo innovation project at Worldpressphoto.

The summer holiday. Munich beautiful city in distress after attacks and Kinnernet Venice an amazing update look into the future...

World largest vegetarian table on Museumsquare Amsterdam

Pokemon Go the fastest growing AR app ever and discussing the future of journalism. Connected only in time?

This season's final episode of TopNames: Innovation is fun!

It had been standing around for a few years, but now Roderick starts to enjoy taking it out for a spin in the Vondelpark...

Designer and food artist Giulia Soldati with Willem Velthoven of Mediamatic. Giulia combines great tastes with the tactility of eating with your hands. Very special indeed. Just finished her Masters degree in Eindhoven. Promising talent.

An amazing gathering for discourse between tech, media, science and art in Avallon France for Kinnernet Europe 2016, the full set is here.

Amazing art installation on Museum square putting up the names of the more then 500 children who died through domestic violence in 2015 in The Netherlands.

Always interesting to hear talent photojournalists and documentary storytellers share their work and stories.

Another interesting episode of Top Names with the moderators running late and hungry... The full set is here.

It had been a while for me going to a demonstration. Today, with glorious weather,  a march against TTIP and CETA treaties. The full set is here.

Grown from a small, grassroots, start-up with 200 attendees into an industry event with 20.000 people... Well done TNW.

Legendary PTV3 at their groovin show in Amsterdam yesterday. The full set is here.

Every week great fun at Top Names. This week with Bas Godska. The full set can be found here.

The USA can be seen as the front-runner on the debate on democracy. The Nexus Institute organised a three hour discourse in Amsterdam with knowledgeable speakers including former presidential candidate Jeb Bush.

Dutch innovation is driven by bike....

On a refugee boat on the IJ. Special very special sensation that leads to sound discourse. The full set is here.

Taking the Elmarit 21mm pre-asph out for another spin...

Top Names outdoor becomes Top Gear... Playing around with the old Elmarit 21mm...
The full set is here.

Fantastic weather to take the Leica M-D 262 out for a spin....

First shots with the Leica M-D 262. Digital retro; RAW only -no display - full manual controls. Exciting...

Fantastic weather in Amsterdam for both Liberation and Ascension Day.....

Minne 'the case' Belger sharing his virtual reality experience at the Queensday revival... The full set is here.

Kingsday 2016 in Amsterdam. Same as ever, but coldest ever too... The full set is here.

Another Tuesday another Top Names... The full set is here.

In the studio with the dynamic duo presenters of Top Names. The full set is here.

Lots of aggression at the Palestinian demonstration in Amsterdam. Freedom of speech and the accompanying discourse are very valuable and should be respected at all time. The full set is here.

Another Top Names with Patrick Hurenkamp and Teun Gautier.

Wednesday we will have another democratic referendum; this time whether Holland should sign the treaty with Ukraine. At the demonstration on Damsquare the yes and no were both represented. The full set is here.

World pillow fight today in Amsterdam. The full set is here.

Fast moving targets Top Names from a new location. The full set is here.

A great party in Limburg celebrating Gert-Jan Bennen's 55th Birthday.  The full set is here.

With all the violence in the world, more and more demonstrations to contemplate. The full set is here.