Tag Archives: Verenigde Staten

ghosts in the desert

“There never was another place where, in proportion to the population, so many murders were committed without the criminals being brought to trial or even apprehended.” This is what a certain John Riggs wrote some 130 years ago about the time and place in which the Techatticup mine seems to be frozen in nowadays. Underneath […]

elvis the pelvis

Elvis A(a)ron Presley, son of Gladys and Vernon Presley, wasborn on January 8 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi. Elvis’ middel dame, Aron according to this birth certificate, is one of the corner stones of the ‘Elvis lives’ theory. On his tombstone we read Elvis Aaron Presley. A typo made by Vernon or the civil servant […]

the neon boneyard

La Concha was one of the main attractions of the old Vegas. Of the Sin City era when one-arm-bandits spewed out silver quarters, the mob played Russian roulette with the law and of which Sinatra’s Rat Pack sang the soundtrack. That ‘good old time’ is no more. She has been blown up with dynamite and […]

la mission

The Mission District in San Francisco is one of the most colourful neighbourhoods of this shining city on the hills. Its walls are the painted stories of the (for now) mostly Latin American population. Are the pictures on these walls fading now gentrification takes over? Only time will tell if La Mission’s history will soon […]

fallingwater

The icon of American architecture is hiding in the woods of Pennsylvania. Fallingwater is Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece. A work of art that he envisioned to be an integrated part of its surrounding nature and built over the Bear Run waterfall……click here for full article published in America Magazine issue #2 – summer 2017

america magazine #2 2017

The summer edition of America Magazine – an Elvis special – hit the stores including four articles by journeylism.nl which are now available online in the publication section of journeylism.nl in September. The topics of the four articles are American Songbook – Michael Jackson, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, The Mission District in San Francisco and Las Vegas’ […]

the empire builder

In May 1804 Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on a historic journey. Their goal was to reach the Northwestern coast of America and claim it for the young nation before England or another European power would do so. Eighteen months and almost 4000 miles past before the expedition reached the Columbia River delta. Over […]

happy birthday

April 3, 1968. Memphis, Tennessee. A voice carried by the sound of a tormented history enchants a group of activists: ‘…I’ve been to the mountaintop.’ ‘I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But (…) we, as a people, will get to the promised land.’ The next morning the skies over […]