Het Winkeltje: an abandoned shop in Belgium
Het Winkeltje is an abandoned Belgian shop with a house above it and remnants of stock still inside. Those everyday objects make it a compelling subject for…
01 / 05Zaanse SchansThe Netherlands
LANDSCAPE · NATURE · TRAVEL
A sense of place.A different way of seeing.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
JEROEN DERWORT
01 / THE COLLECTION
Selected photographs
Places that made me pause.
Moments I brought home.
View photograph ↗Zaanse Schans
The Netherlands 01
View photograph ↗Lighthouse Texel
The Netherlands 02
View photograph ↗Senhor da Pedra
Portugal 03
View photograph ↗Under the northern lights
Nature · After dark 04
View photograph ↗Wonderful light
Nature · Woodland 05
02 / FIELD NOTES
Behind the frame
A few words about the places,
and the stories they hold.
Ferme aux Drapeaux: photographing an abandoned Belgian farm
Ferme aux Drapeaux was the second stop on my urbex photography trip to Belgium, after Maison Milka. Its large farmhouse and courtyard offered original doors,…
Maison Milka: an urbex photo essay in Belgium
After more than a year of limited photography during the pandemic, I travelled to Belgium to explore abandoned places. Urbex photography had been on my list for…
03 / THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Curiosity takes me places.
Light makes me stay.
I’m Jeroen Derwort, a landscape and travel photographer based in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. I photograph open landscapes, distinctive cities and the quiet details of nature.
From familiar Dutch horizons to places further afield, this is my way of sharing what makes a place worth looking at a little longer.