This picture was taken as part of a project called "Energy".
The aim was to make energy visible.
With this photo, I depicted the energy of the wind.
Without wind, there is no energy to propel the ship.
The choice to display the photo in black and white is related to the time when this vessel was of (great) importance to our economy. Namely, transporting goods. Engines did not yet exist for shipping and steam engines did not fit in these relatively small ships.
Dick Jeukens (1946) has always had a great interest in photography, besides his work at the Porsche group of the National Police Traffic Department in Driebergen. In 1971 he bought his first (analogue) reflex camera. It was an era in which he gained a lot of knowledge. Also by.. Read more…