A black-and-white photograph of the Raamgracht in Amsterdam, with the Zuiderkerk on the left towering just above the facades of the canal houses.
The Raamgracht runs from the Kloveniersburgwal to the Zwanenburgwal.
It was not until 1593 that the area where the Raamgracht lies was annexed to Amsterdam.
Before then, cloth weaving mills were located here, to which the Raamgracht owes its name. From the cloth windows.
Don Fonzarelli is a photographer and musician born and raised in the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Don Fonzarelli is the alias of Fons van der Wielen(1961).. Read more…