Containing Nature

Captions

Inner circle

Captions for the photos by Martin Coppens

Forms, structures, nature by the sea

The photos were taken along the Dutch coast between 1950 and 1963

Photo’s for the inner circle

From left to right

Frits J. Rotgans (1912-1978) | Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel, viewed from the Van Nelle Factory, Rotterdam, 1958

Carel van Hees (1954) | Port of Rotterdam, 2005

Aart Klein (1909 – 2001) | Port of Rotterdam (1978)

Carel van Hees (1954) | Nieuwe Maas, 2000

Jan Pieter Strijenbos (1891-1983) | The North Sea at the beach of Zandvoort, 1930

Window | Your view, 2025

Carel van Hees (1954) | Hoek van Holland, 2007

Frits J. Rotgans (1912-1978) | Hoek van Holland seen from De Beer (14-04-1959)

Carel van Hees (1954) | Between Rotterdam and Schiedam, 2009

Film excerpts

From the documentary Don’t Catch My Face by Carel van Hees, 2005

The original documentary was produced by

Rijneke & van Leeuwaarden / Rotterdamfilms