Between the Shutter and the Silence

Mooring lines run from Valiant Lady to the quay at Passenger Terminal Amsterdam while people and bicycles continue along the waterfront beside her. The ship is enormous, but the city does not stop for it. That is the part of this scene I value. A cru...

On Pieter Lastmankade, the brick starts disappearing before the street does. Red ivy pours over windows, gutters, and rooflines until the houses look less built than wrapped. Under a pale sky, the leaves carry nearly all the light. The walls go dark,...