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52 Weeks Project

On 24/10/2024 I came along this spot in the Sarphatipark and wanted to take my weekly selfie but this bench was occupied. This morning I came back and was lucky to find it empty...
Location: Sarphatipark, Amsterdam (NL)
Coordinates: 52°21'16.6"N 4°53'47.4"E (Google Maps)
Reason: Just a good location for a nice urban self portrait in one of the parks of Amsterdam.
Titel: My pose in characters: _^/°
Sarphatipark: The Sarphatipark is a rectangular park of 4.5 hectares in the middle of Amsterdam's De Pijp residential area in the Zuid district. The park was named in 1888 after the physician, urban planner and benefactor Samuel Sarphati. Amsterdam Jewish physician Samuel Sarphati (1813-1866) took the initiative to build this park. The English landscape design is by the city engineer Van Niftrik. Construction of the park began only in 1885, 19 years after Sarphati's death. The park fitted into the expansion plan of Jan Kalff; in the earlier plan by (the same) Van Niftrik, this location was still intended for the construction of a railway station (Central Station).
The park was not raised, like the streets in the area, making it (with the exception of the monument) lower than the rest of De Pijp. To be able to change the water in the ponds, water was led from the Singelgracht (Stadhouderskade) via an underground tube to the park, which supplied the ponds with fresh water via a waterfall. On the west side, at Eerste Jan van der Heijdenstraat, a pumping station was built that again discharged the excess water.
A monument was built for Samuel Sarphati in 1886, with the bust the Sarphati monument. It stands on an artificial hill and is visible from large parts of the park. It is a national monument and was restored in 1993.
During the German occupation in World War II, all streets and the like were named after Jews or members of the Dutch royal family who were alive at that time, and the Sarphatipark was renamed Bolland Park in August 1942, after the philosopher Gerard Bolland. His bust was also removed from the monument to Sarphati by the German occupiers. After the liberation, the name change was reversed in 1945 (on May 18, 1945) and the bust replaced. [ Wikipedia ]
Other "52-Weeks" here:
[2020] 15/52 Sarphatipark
[2020] 53/52 De Pijp
Weather: Sunny, 12° C
To Listen ♫: Coldplay - feelslikeimfallinginlove (Youtube)
Self-portrait technics: Joby portable gorillapod placed on the front basket of my bicycle, timer set at 10 seconds.

Taken in: Holland / North Holland / De Pijp (show map)

Taken on: October 25, 2024

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Camera: Sony ILCE-6400, f/11.0, 1/640 sec, 23mm (=34mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-6400
Lens:	E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	23mm (35mm equivalent: 34mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 26.0 (Windows)
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