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Amsterdam, June 2022

June 2022

A canal with houseboats and a moored launch, with a row of narrow houses along the far bank.

Photographs. The words come later.

A stone paved square with a row of very large white letters standing on it, and a tall pole carrying a board above them.
A woman taking a picture of herself in a mirror in a plain lobby, a jacket over one arm.
A street of brick houses behind a timber hoarding and scaffolding net, with a printed banner fixed to the hoarding.
A woman taking a picture of herself in a sunlit square, holding something to eat, with buildings and a few people behind her.
A brick building with red curtained windows and a small sign on its wall, with a gate and paving in front of it.
A bronze pair of figures on a stone plinth carrying lettering, with a canal, bridges, trees and parked bicycles behind them.
Bicycles and planter boxes along a bridge railing, with a canal below and a wall carrying paint behind.
Grey tower blocks seen through a window over a viaduct, with cranes behind them.
A view over a waterfront with quays and cranes, an orange building rising at the left, taken through glass.
A street corner where tower blocks meet, a crane above them, with traffic lights and a car in front.
A city seen from a tower, with a green glass slab at the right and roads and trees below.
A street of cafe terraces under umbrellas with people seated and walking, a printed menu board and a brick building with red awnings.
A brick gatehouse with an arched passage and a carved crest above it, one person walking through the arch.
A brick hall with tall arched windows, a stair turret and a tower, with iron railings below.
A tall ornate townhouse front of brick and stone with a carved doorway, iron steps and a railing.
A person standing at a lake with a fountain and a flag on a mast, and a stone building across the water.
A woman taking a picture of herself in a mirror in a timber lined lift lobby, holding a cup.
A dark green painted frontage with doors and windows and a small plaque, seen from the pavement.
Baskets of yellow tulips and a pot of lilies against a white wall carrying a round painted sign, with brick paving below.
A woman taking a picture of herself against a printed backdrop of a windmill and cows, holding a printed sign, with boxes stacked at the edge.
A woman posing against a printed meadow backdrop beside a model cow, holding a printed sign on a staff, with rounds of cheese stacked around.
Bicycles parked along a canal side railing under trees, with flower boxes and houses on the far bank.
A woman taking a picture of herself in a narrow street with shop windows and parked bikes behind her.
Two printed street notices fixed to a pole, with buildings behind them.
A wide stone building with a domed tower across a square at evening, with a crowd, cars and a tram in the foreground.
A waterway and embankment with wind turbines seen through a car window, grass and reeds along the bank.

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