Wim Harwig

Categorie: old photos

  • the first photo …

    the first photo …

    Since this morning, I know that on 1 September 2012 ….. I made the first photo of my son-in-law ! ( Because I consider registered partnership as a marriage … ) Have a good life with lots of love and lots of troubles … Walk through life as if your feet kiss the earth, experience…

  • Thermphos B/W

    Thermphos B/W

    “Follow the Money” is now investigating everything about the bankruptcy of the company. And what happened next …  I have extracted a few pictures of former colleagues from my archives … As I now read how economic crows try to get as much money out of the dead body of Thermphos as possible …. ,…

  • Beauty is in a smile

    Beauty is in a smile

    an old portrait I made 42 years ago … not correctly exposed, not well focused, poorly scanned … but beauty is in a smile an adventurous young woman

  • old selfportrait

    old selfportrait

    I made this self-portrait a long time ago. My mood was clear  …. Analog, tripod, self-timer, pose …. difficult time to make spontaneous pictures compared to the current digital possibilities.

  • our house

    our house

    the making of … our house. in a slideshow  

  • B&W

    B&W

    Sometimes the term Black&White doesn’t refer to the picture, but on the life we live ….       Roosendaal, 1985.

  • coloring an old B&W photo

    coloring an old B&W photo

    Lochem , 1930.   I made a photo of this photo that I found in an old album from my sister ….   My mother 16 years old. She paid this official portrait photo of her first salary that she earned as a chambermaid. It was made at a local photography-shop in Lochem, the Netherlands.…

  • some 100 years ago

      And a hundred years later you can still see that the photographer did not work neatly in developing and printing this photo. The picture was taken at Zwolle train station, according to the letters ZL on the board. When I see this, I tend to print photos in my dark room in the old-fashioned…

  • going back in time ….

    One of the many advantages of photography is that you can easily go back in time.   My oldest daughter celebrated her birthday yesterday and then it’s nice to take a look at the old photo albums.                                    …

  • This little girl is now a beautiful adult woman ….

    And in a few days she can celebrate her birthday again … I’m proud to be her father ! This photo was made about 30 years ago. We hid for a rainfall during a hiking holiday in Limburg.

  • two rings

    My mother died of liver cancer. When she had been bedridden in the last few months, she wanted this picture of my father next to her bed. This photo was made in the time they fell in love. My father then wore two rings. The second ring was from his deceased first wife. Half a…

  • sweet memories

    2014 … Pyrenees …   click here for details. and just for fun …. try street view to see what kind of road we drove with our camper 😉 it is proof that the small tunnels are large enough.      

  • old photos …

    I made these photos at a fair in downtown Vlissingen in the eighties …

  • digging in my archives ….. 1

    I started to digitalise my old negative-albums …. it will take years ….  but to keep motivated, I’ll publicize some of it …. This first post has some old photos I made when I participated a demonstration in the Hague.  I accompanied a singing group “Links Kollektief Walcheren”. I used Kodak Tri-X, which I bought as 30-meters. Exposed…

  • The Essential Collection of Documentaries On Photographers Online

    An almost complete list ! I have been watching interesting videos for hours and hours …. The Essential Collection of Documentaries On Photographers Online.   John Paul Caponigro gets all the credits for this collection ! You sure have to read his stuff on his interesting site ———————————————– Sam Abell | View  Ansel Adams | View 1…