by: MisjaB The city Greetje lives in is calledTongeren. It is a city in Belgium and I’ve never been there. Fortunately, we got to know each other via Instagram. Tongeren is near the city of Maastricht (Netherlands) so when I stayed there for a few days, I took...
by: MisjaB Love stories Perhaps you missed one of these best-read articles, here they are. I discovered that they are all stories about love: for each other, for a certain color and for second-hand clothing. Ingrid Let’s start with the story of Ingrid, who is...
door: MisjaB The two of them I’m in Rotterdam photographing Ben Akkerman for Zin Magazine. On arrival I am pleasantly surprised: not only Ben looks smashing, but he also appears to have a very charming wife: Ingrid. So, while having a cup of coffee my first question...
door: MisjaB You are who you are Ben Akkerman (1942) is an optician and together with his wife he has a shop in Rotterdam: Eyeclusive. He started in the shop of his father. Ben: “My father was an authoritarian man. I always followed my own path; also in the way,...
Rembrandt In 1634 Rembrandt painted the marriage portraits of the newlyweds Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit in Amsterdam. In 2016 the two portraits were bought by the Netherlands and France together, a unique event. The portraits, more than two meters high, had...
