ENTRY DESCRIPTION
This photograph was taken in 2016 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. It displays the Railway Harbour (Dutch: Spoorweg Haven) and the Deloitte Tower.

The Port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe, located in the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands. From 1962 until 2004 it was the world's busiest port, now overtaken first by Singapore and then Shanghai. In 2011, Rotterdam was the world's eleventh-largest container port in terms of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) handled (2009: tenth; 2008: ninth, 2006: sixth). In 2012 Rotterdam was the world's sixth-largest port in terms of annual cargo tonnage.

Covering 105 square kilometres (41 sq mi), the port of Rotterdam now stretches over a distance of 40 kilometres (25 mi). It consists of the city centre's historic harbor area, including Delfshaven; the Maashaven/Rijnhaven/Feijenoord complex; the harbours around Nieuw-Mathenesse; Waalhaven; Vondelingenplaat; Eemhaven; Botlek; Europoort, situated along the Calandkanaal, Nieuwe Waterweg and Scheur (the latter two being continuations of the Nieuwe Maas); and the reclaimed Maasvlakte area, which projects into the North Sea.

Rotterdam consists of five distinct port areas and three distribution parks that facilitate the needs of a hinterland with 40,000,000 consumers.

AUTHOR
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PHOTOGRAPHY FOR AROUND 8 YEARS NOW. 2 YEARS AGO I DEVELOPED THE IDEA THAT ART EXTENDS THE POSSIBILITIES OF A CAMERA SOLEY AND ADDS A PERSONAL NOTE TO THE IMAGES TAKEN. INSPIRED BY JOEL TJINTJELAAR, ANNA GOSPODAROU, AARON NACE, AND TREY RATCLIFF I STARTED TEACHING MYSELF PHOTOSHOP. MY MAIN FOCUS LIES ON FINE ART BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY AND PROCESSING.

PERCEPTION IS THE ORGANIZATION, IDENTIFICATION, AND INTERPRETATION OF SENSORY INFORMATION IN ORDER TO REPRESENT AND UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENT.

CREATION IS THE ACT OF MAKING OR PRODUCING SOMETHING THAT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE.
ART IS SOMETHING THAT IS CREATED WITH IMAGINATION AND SKILL AND THAT IS BEAUTIFUL OR THAT EXPRESSES IMPORTANT IDEAS OR FEELINGS.

FINE ART, EVENTUALLY, IS A VISUAL ART CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN CREATED PRIMARILY FOR AESTHETIC AND INTELLECTUAL PURPOSES AND JUDGED FOR ITS BEAUTY AND MEANINGFULLNESS, SPECIFICALLY, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, DRAWING, WATERCOLOR, GRAPHICS, AND ARCHITECTURE.

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