Caption:
Pollard willows stand on the bank of a ditch in polder landscape in the Netherlands, bordering pasture. On the right the barn of a dairy cattle farm. In these reclaimed areas water levels are artificially controlled so people can live and work there. This often centuries-old interaction between man and water has produced a rich variety of polder landscapes with their own cultural identity and spatial, functional, and ecological characteristics.
Size: 3967h x 6000w