Greetings from Groningen, 2020
A century of change in the city
You’re in the same place, but in a different time and age.
The past has faded, but is still noticeable in the details.
A historic facade, a church in the background, the bend of a canal. Has the city shifted to its disadvantage ? Or did it
become more beautiful ?
Greetings from Groningen is a remake of the 2013 book. All locations have been re-photographed, 30 new photo’s are added. The changes between 2013 and 2021 are visible in this ever changing city.
Greetings from The Hague, 2020
A century of change in the city
You’re in the same place, but in a different time and age.
The past has faded, but is still noticeable in the details.
A historic facade, a church in the background, the bend of a canal. Has the city shifted to its disadvantage ? Or did it
become more beautiful ?
“Groeten uit Den Haag” is after “Groeten uit Amsterdam”, “Groeten uit Rotterdam” and “Groeten uit Groningen” my fourth book in which I have photographed the entire city from a hundred years ago on exactly the same places throughout the city in a hundred photos.
Greetings from Rotterdam, 2017
A century of change in the city
Winner of the ‘DONNER BOEKENPRIJS 2018’
You’re in the same place, but in a different time and age.
The past has faded, but is still noticeable in the details. A historic facade, a church in the background, the bend of a canal. Has the city shifted to its disadvantage ? Or did it become more beautiful ?
“Groeten uit Rotterdam” is a book with one hundred pictures of all quarters of the city of one hundred years ago, with next to them contemporary photos of the very same places, from the same position. Rotterdam has been subject to change more than any city in the Netherlands and still is. Unwantedly Rotterdam underwent a radical change with the bombing of May 14, 1940 wiping out a large part of the city and Kralingen and a ‘forgotten’ allied bombing of Rotterdam West on March 31, 1943.
For me a months-long search for useful archive photos within the May 14 bombing boundary resulted in many beautiful moments and surprises: almost nothing is where it used to be.
photos presentation: Arjo Stokman
Greetings from Amsterdam, 2015
A century of change in the city
You’re in the same place, but in a different time and age. The past has faded, but is still noticeable in the details. A historic facade, a church in the background, the bend of a canal. Has the city shifted to its disadvantage ? Or did it become more beautiful ?
“Groeten uit Amsterdam” is a book with one hundred pictures of all quarters of the city of one hundred years ago, with next to them contemporary photos of the very same places, from the same position.
photos presentation: Arjo Stokman
Jewish cemeteries in the Province of Groningen, 2009
This Dutch-language book is about Jewish grave monuments in the province of Groningen. These are the tangible memories of a population group that was for several centuries of great importance to trade and industry in Groningen.
In the book all 20 cemeteries are described by Han Lettinck. I am responsible for photography: overviews, ritual buildings, tombstones, symbols, texts.
De Dood in Bagdad, 1993 – In het Voetspoor van de Kruistochten, 1996 – God Wil het !, 2005
The collaboration with fellow journalist and program maker Lejo Siepe has yielded three books in addition to a number of radio programs: ‘Death in Baghdad’ about the life of the Dutchman Alexander Aronson, who was hanged as a spy by Sadam Hussein and two editions of our journey along the route from the first Crusade, in which we interviewed experts of the history of the crusades in the countries where the crusaders passed. The report of this trip was broadcast in four parts by the Humanistisch Verbond and the VPRO Radio program O.V.T.
