Two photographers who got into trouble in the Biesbosch on Tuesday night due to rising water should not have come to that location in the nature reserve. That is what forester Harm Blom of Staatsbosbeheer says to Omroep Brabant on Wednesday. Blom is therefore absolutely not happy with the men’s action. “It is forbidden territory,” he says about the Griendkeet, a kind of hut, where he thought the two had gone to take pictures.
The forester only heard on Wednesday morning that a large rescue campaign had been set up in the nature reserve to find the photographers. But the action of the two is not happy. “De Biesbosch is a protected nature reserve. It is forbidden to leave the paths,” he emphasizes. According to him, the area where the photographers probably took pictures is ‘anyway a rough area, where you can even find it difficult during the day, let alone in the dark at night’.
During the rescue campaign, various emergency services on the water and on land search for the photographers. “That has caused a lot of nuisance in the nature reserve,” Blom continues. “In order not to talk about the possible damage caused on the Griendkeet.”
To determine whether damage has been done, Staatsbosbeheer will take a look at De Keet somewhere in the coming days. “Depending on the state in which the shack is, we are considering making a report,” says a spokesperson.
Urban Photographers
The two so -called ‘urban Photographers’ would have taken photos at one of the griend chain in the Biesbosch. Then they got stuck due to the rapidly rising water. At Urban Photography, photos are taken of and in deserted houses, buildings and factories. An urban photographer tries to capture the abandonment with his camera.
In the Biesbosch there are several of this griend chain that are rented to people who maintain them. “The griend chain is therefore not abandoned. People even live in it. It is also forbidden to enter the chain,” Blom explains. According to the forester, the small houses used to be used by workers who worked on the Grienden, a damp piece of land. “Many of them worked six days a week. They slept, ate and lived in that chain in between work.”
Great rescue
When the photographers got stuck, they looked up and called the emergency services. They came to the Biesbosch with several units. We searched with boats from Dordrecht and on foot by firefighters from the side of Werkendam. Divers and the Ladderwagen of the fire brigade were also present to support the emergency services.
After a search of one hour, the men were eventually found and brought to safety. One of the photographers turned out to have broken his little finger. Nothing is known about any other injuries. After the rescue, the photographers went to the GP station with their own car for further checks.