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Windmill and white wooden drawbridge reflected in still water beneath a clear blue sky.

The windmills of Kinderdijk

Landscapes

Kinderdijk’s windmills have been photographed many times. That is no reason to skip them, but it is a reason to…

Two bright vaulted corridors meet above a geometric tile floor.

Ulingsheide Abbey

Architecture & heritage

In 1884, the first Trappists from Westmalle settled at Ulingsheide in Tegelen. They started with a farm in what was…

Large blue, red and green stained-glass wall behind long wooden pews.

Blijde Boodschap Church

Architecture & heritage

The Blijde Boodschap Church in Kerkrade looks different from the older churches nearby. This is not a building with a…

View from the stand over an empty field, with a lighting mast in front and long shadows.

Kaldeborn sports centre

Architecture & heritage

Building a large stadium for a professional club that never arrives: Heerlen managed it. Kaldeborn stadium is what remains of…

Two vaulted corridors meet beside a central staircase.

Jesuit monastery in Valkenburg

Architecture & heritage

The former Jesuit monastery in Valkenburg was not a building you could simply walk into. Several photographers tried to arrange…

Overview of an empty operating room with a central table, ceiling lamp and purple door at the back.

Saint Joseph Hospital, Kerkrade

Architecture & heritage

Saint Joseph Hospital belongs to a time when a town having its own hospital seemed entirely natural. In Kerkrade, its…

Long gallery with pointed arches, coloured window left and metal balustrade right.

Loreto convent, Simpelveld

Architecture & heritage

Huize Loreto in Simpelveld is a large building with a very specific origin: the work of the Sisters of the…

Long glasshouse with many heating pipes above dry plant remains.

GreenZL

Industry & business

GreenZL is a series from a former garden centre. There were empty glasshouses and buildings badly damaged by fire.In my…

Control room with timber wall cladding and long panels of gauges and switches.

Julia Mine in Eygelshoven

Industry & business

I took these photographs of the former Julia mine in Eygelshoven in 1987 and 1988. The mine, in the municipality…

Long corridor between small partitioned spaces with coloured curtains.

Koningsbosch convent

Religion & remembrance

Construction of the convent in Koningsbosch began in 1873. The complex grew in stages, leaving several architectural styles side by…