A series of long exposures taken in Uitdam, a small fishing village on the banks of the Marker Lake in North Holland, on a misty winter morning.
Residents of Uitdam have always taken pride in the dike that rises from their backyards to protect them against the water, and which used to offer splendid opportunities for photography. But the stability of the dike can no longer be guaranteed. Under extreme conditions such as long-lasting high water levels, villages like Uitdam face an increasing risk of flooding.
That's why the dike is currently being strengthened - as part of a massive construction project all along the Marker Lake - to keep the people of North Holland protected from the water for the next 50 years.
A few months later I returned to the same location, in the hope of capturing a sunrise over the lake, but it didn’t look anything like it used to. The characteristic piers and fishing poles were gone. What remains are these images, frozen in time.
