Wim Harwig

Auteur: wim harwig

  • Fluid dynamics

    Fluid dynamics

    If you live in Zeeland, people often look at the shape of a velomobile with the eyes of a sailor. But the fluid dynamics for water is fundamentally different from that for air. The shape of a velomobile suggests that it has a high speed … and I think that is the big disadvantage of…

  • The old water pump has become a museum piece.

    The old water pump has become a museum piece.

    The old hand cranck pump wasn’t complete, so I decided to just clean it and hang it in our garden just for fun. I like seeing the old handmade wooden piston, which still had the original non-return valve leather on it. The leather that belongs to the seal around the piston had disappeared. I painted…

  • The bloom and an old pump …

    The bloom and an old pump …

    The almond tree is in bloom … and I’m working on an old water pump that I like very much but with which I can’t think of what to do with it …

  • only women bleed

    only women bleed

    sung with the right feeling … I can’t get the song out of my head due to all the attacks of the past time.

  • good factual photographers ?

    good factual photographers ?

    In the Netherlands are political elections next week. The photographers who made the portraits for these election posters made my day! The photos are taken like mugshots are made. With a frontal flash light, drop shadow on the white background and the harsh shadows not hidden … There is no compassion or empathy in the…

  • second ride this year …

    second ride this year …

    It is clear that my condition has deteriorated rapidly. I have to do a lot more mileage with my velomobile … So I started today again with good intentions 😉 But as always I bring my camera … the sun was shining, but it was a bit foggy and cold and you can clearly see…

  • my first velomobile-ride in 2021

    my first velomobile-ride in 2021

    … and making photos of what (I think) is typical Zeeland. 😉 https://ridewithgps.com/trips/63083109https://ridewithgps.com/trips/63083109

  • Usually heavy work, but in between always time for a chat and a newspaper …

    Usually heavy work, but in between always time for a chat and a newspaper …

    People who perform heavy work know it … you have to know exactly what is your weakest link and ensure that it does not break. So it is important to eat and drink on time and take a pause. Only in this way will you be able to “survive” until your retirement. What we did…

  • A typically tough and hard-working laborer

    A typically tough and hard-working laborer

    Jaap Bosman was always called “Lange Jaap” (tall Jaap) by colleagues at the Hoechst-site in Vlissingen, because in our shift there were 3 operators with the same Christian name … and Jaap was indeed as tall and strong as a bear, always wore the largest size overalls and shoes and his helmet always seemed too…

  • Night shift Hoechst Vlissingen, 1983.

    Night shift Hoechst Vlissingen, 1983.

    Back then it was strictly forbidden to take pictures … (it was the time when it was not even allowed to use a transistor radio in the control room) … so I took pictures illegally, to capture the atmosphere in the control room where colleagues also came for a cup of coffee and a short…

  • Vlissingen, 1982.

    Vlissingen, 1982.

    It was 1982 and I lived in the center of Vlissingen. It was cozy, simple and always busy with tourists who came to the coastal town and port city for the many cultural events. Many pubs, restaurants and terraces and along the beach many beach bars … There was a lot of employment, fair earnings…

  • Snow

    Snow

    Our German Shepherd likes the snow to clean his coat. Every now and then it is good to take pictures in the snow again. It makes me aware of how easy digital technology has made it. In the old days, it used to require a lot more craftsmanship from the photographers … Stay safe &…

  • Cycle Vision in Lelystad, 2003

    Cycle Vision in Lelystad, 2003

    Cycle Vision, the annual recumbent bike event organized by the Dutch recumbent association, took place in 2003 in Lelystad. Because of the COVID-19 measures I now started to rummage through my old negatives albums, I came across the photo reports that I made back then. I immediately recognized a few well-known celebrities among Dutch recumbent…

  • unmistakably Vlissingen

    unmistakably Vlissingen

    It was the fall of 1984. Our oldest daughter had just been born. If you live here and take a walk together, then the Vlissingen area is undeniably present in your photos … When I look back at the photos I took myself in the past, my thoughts wander back to the time of falling…

  • Vlissingen, 1984.

    Vlissingen, 1984.

    In 1984, the year in which George Orwell foresaw a totally different world, the Vereniging Nederlandse Loodsen Sociëteit existed for 100 years and that fact was celebrated exuberantly with all kinds of festivities. At the moment I am digitizing my old negatives from that year 1984, because our society has now come to resemble the…