Special Lady
Some time ago, I attended the launch of a group of bronze figures depicting Rembrandt's "Night Watch". Champagne flowed and local politicians strutted their stuff. Suddenly I noticed this lady…
Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen…
Last Wednesday, the Prince Claus Awards for culture were presented in Amsterdam at a lavish ceremony attended by the Dutch royal family, leading politicians and sundry plebs like myself. I…
Shady Lady
Photo: Annie. Taken in the window of Galerie Rademakers in Amsterdam. The painting is by Marian Siereveld and is part of an exhibition called Confessions of a Tender Mind. Click…
Pierrot Speaks
The great actor Jean Louis Barrault, now a resident in an Amsterdam antiques shop. © www.anniewrightphotography.com
The Master Is Expecting You
Like the candelabra held by human arms reaching from the walls of Jean Cocteau's film La Belle et la Bête, this stylish doorknocker is poised to announce your arrival. ©…
The Mystery of the Golden Boots
As if abandoned by some modern Cinderella as the clock struck midnight, these golden boots have been left amidst the dirt and cigarettes of an Amsterdam street. Perhaps they are…
A Potemkin Village in Amsterdam?
The construction of the North-South subway in Amsterdam is almost universally unpopular. It is exorbitantly expensive and is leaving chaos in its wake as it ploughs through the soggy mud…
Want One!!!
Found in the entrance of an Amsterdam photo shop that refused to sell digital cameras. It closed down recently. © www.anniewrightphotography.com
Boy With Toy Grenade
Amsterdam stencil grafitti is hot right now. Take, for instance, this new spin on Diane Arbus' 'Boy With Toy Grenade'. But, to be honest, the Arbus version remains by far…
Ghostly Lady
© www.anniewrightphotography.com, taken in the window of Galerie Rademakers (Amsterdam). The painting is by the Dutch artist Hans Bosman.