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iPhone 14 Pro Max | Nikon D750 and 85mm f1.8 G

Such excitement visiting Amsterdam for the glorious Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum – gorgeously narrated by English actor Stephen Fry – link hereunder. To say that I was awestruck to be ‘in the presence of’ Johannes Vermeer, 1632-1675, (link to biographical article at Totally History) and – later in the day – a yard away from my favourite Rembrandt (self portrait) would be something of an understatement. But I hope to show here in Amsterdam i and Amsterdam ii that the city herself – warm people, canals, carillons, curiously leaning buildings, tens of thousands of stylish bicycles, and fabulous food – is an astonishing work of art …

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https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/johannes-vermeer

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