Rob van der Waal was born in 1957 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His father was a passionate photographer who taught him the basics of photography. When he was 7 years old, his family already had a darkroom on the top floor of their family house. Apart from his father’s touch and some workshops, Rob van [...]

Born in Kolkata, India, Abhijit Bhowmick grew up in the city of joy. He had been using a Hotshot camera (film version of today’s point and shoot cameras) since 12 years old, and this interest in capturing moments later culminated into an intense passion for photography. As he grew up and felt the urge to [...]

Saturday, March 30th, Venice, Italy. It was close to 21:00 when the sirens that announce the exceptional tide peaks that sometimes occur in the northern Adriatic Sea rang throughout the city. I was in my hotel room when I heard the alert system announcing a very intense phenomenon, around 135 cm above the standard. Then [...]

I was photographing an orchid while I saw “something” very bright appearing from below. It was this little shiny green gecko, who did not feel afraid of me, actually he was flirting with the camera until many curious visitors arrived and started flashing him – he did not like flashes at all, so he left. [...]