Tag: THROUGH ANKIE’S LENS
Through Ankie’s Lens: throw the ball up again
The cake is finished. Held up too many balls at once. After a period of intensive informal care, it is high time to relax. No photography for a while, no…
Through Ankie’s Lens: ‘Take me out to the ball game’
“Who’s in front?” The young boys turn and look at me searchingly. “UVV of course” they answer firmly after a short silence in unison. I understand their surprise, the match…
Through Ankie’s Lens: ‘UUU-TOE-RIGHT tada tata’
Winner mentality. With a lot of care and attention you can grow it. Every sport-loving Utrechter actually owes it to himself to go to the Galgenwaard on Saturday 6 May.…
Through the Lens of Ankie: sport does unite
For a moment I feel misled. Something is wrong. Confused I look at the two large flags. They flutter in the wind. Almost every day I walk with my dogs…
Through Ankie’s Lens: the Queen is in the picture, the King is not
Utrecht – Everyone is flabbergasted. “What is happening here?” Athletes, photographers and judges run around like crazy. Hectic everywhere. Personal record? Dutch record? No; world record! The person behind the…
Through the Lens of Ankie: ‘I can’t resist’
“Where do you always get that inspiration for those pieces from, Ankie?” Someone asks me during the gala of the Sportprijs Utrecht in the Beatrixtheater. We are standing between the…
Through Ankie’s Lens: ‘Volunteers deserve a standing ovation’
My heart leaps for joy. To my own surprise, it doesn’t take much. Where on one side of the fence at the ultramodern FC Utrecht Topsportcentrum the first team is…
Through Ankie’s Lens: ‘My photos are my children’
A dear colleague from a major newspaper once urged me never to relinquish the copyright of my photos, “It’s all you have as a photographer”. The best advice ever. Throughout…
Through Ankie’s Lens: also hit the last ball just as well
With a loud thud he puts the large heavy box on the shiny floor of the sports hall: “Walked two kilometers!”. Especially for me, the guys from UVV brought all…
Through Ankie’s Lens: ‘Falling and getting up, pure happiness’
Every morning I walk with my two dogs along a special piece of Utrecht nature in the middle of my beloved Vinex neighborhood. I’ll be there in five minutes. As…