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Water buffalo golf

A water buffalo was led across the greens of an Ishigaki museum. It loved putting on a show of playful stubbornness. Maybe it preferred to stay on the greener grass? The keeper was a good sport and coaxed the water buffalo along, hole by hole.

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Photographer of the Year Contest

2026

Silver

Travel

Professional

Water buffalo golf

A water buffalo was led across the greens of an Ishigaki museum. It loved putting on a show of playful stubbornness. Maybe it preferred to stay on the greener grass? The keeper was a good sport and coaxed the water buffalo along, hole by hole.

About Artist

Henkjan Schrijver

CARIAN is a fine art photography brand and travel culture publication by nomadic writer and photographer Henkjan Schrijver. Background In 2015 I left a corporate career in The Netherlands, started a solo company, bought a one-way ticket to Perth, Australia and didn't look back. I grew up with film cameras and picked up the digital variety to document my solo travels. Nowadays I mainly shoot digital with Sony Alpha and film with Hasselblad. Focus Travelling solo, I document the off-key scenes that fascinate me: everyday ironies in the street, dazzling light along the coast and sudden wildlife encounters deep in the mountains. With my work I want to encourage people to widen their field of view and explore the world around them.

Henkjan Schrijver

Photographic Areas of Focus

Architecture, Landscapes, Nature, People, Street, Travel, Wildlife

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Portugal

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