sccollections

 Bieb walking along a row of trench coats on the flea market with perfectly balanced colors. (Placed with her permission.)

Still, there remains a cold undertone in the wind. (Header view on the old church tower between the Schreiers tower and St. Nicolas church.)

 Rather anonymous and then a mouth mask is a great help.

It can be done this way and yes I asked permission in advance.

 But a nice combination it is. ( Portrait made on a photographic fair )

They asked for it.

If you go down in the new metrostation Vijzelgracht you see a portrait of singer and actor Ramses Shaffy in the form of a subway net. He lived for many years around the corner here and was very famous. 

Every station on the net shows a marking point in his history. Marian Laaper is the creator of this stunning artwork. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

In the public space of the amsterdam town hall you find 108 portraits of amsterdam citizens made by 17 different sculptors. 

The portraits are from inspirational citizens on proposal by others to give the town diversity a face.

It gives also a good view of the stand of portrait making in the Netherlands. If you scan the q-code with your smartphone you see an interview with the portrayed and why he or she is chosen. It is the intend of artist Saskia de Rooy to get 365 portraits in the end to give the diversity of the city a face.