Photo Gallery

Here are some mixed photos taken at different points in time and different parts of the world over the last 15 years. I will try to add more when they become available with my ongoing exploration of this planet. Photos with a (P) are personal, which means I appear on them (not necessarily advantageously).

• The "Chart House Group", (right to left) Valia and Thanos Pallis, Theo and Hui Notteboom, Gordana and yours truly, New York, 2009 (P).
• Subequatorial beach, near Ubatuba, Brazil, 2009 (P).
• Brazilian coastline, near Caraguatatuba, Brazil, 2009.
• Surrealist twilight, Place de la Defense, Paris, 2008.
• Overlooking a port terminal, Incheon, South Korea, 2008 (P).
• One of the last leftovers of the Cold War, demilitarized zone, Korea, 2008.
• The "Cecil Green" Transport Group (Where is Waldo?), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2008 (P)
• Intermodalism can be learned at a young age..., 2008
• Parking for dogs (yes, this is not an hoax), Paris, France, 2008.
• Spring blossoming in Paris, France 2008.
• The new Centraal station, Antwerp, Belgium, 2008.
• Historical downtown scene by night, Ghent, Belgium, 2008.
• The semi-arid Rockies, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, 2008.
• Erasmus Bridge, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2007.
• Alsterarkaden, Hamburg, Germany, 2007.
• You see, this is a red line and this one is blue, Hamburg, Germany, 2007 (P).
• Part time cook, Hamburg, Germany, 2007 (P).
• Supply chain management seminar, from left to right: Dr. Stephen Blank (Pace University), yours truly, and Randy Garber (VP, Supply Chain and Operations Group, A.T. Kearney), Kansas City, 2007 (P).
• Former atomic bunker, Richards-Gabaur airbase (closed), Kansas City, 2007.
• Sun bathed city view, Lisbon, Portugal, 2007.
• Under the trade winds, creating seafront recreational space, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 2007.
• An increasingly abstract concept, Lady Liberty, New York, 2007.
• Meeting with the Honorable Lawrence Cannon, Federal Minister of transportation, Ottawa, 2007 (P).
• Cruise ships docked at Canada Place, Vancouver, 2007.
• The Atomium, Brussels, Belgium, 2007.
• Even the scouts are containerized, Brussels, Belgium, 2007.
• In our element, left to right: Dr. Yehuda Hayuth (University of Haifa), Dr. Theo Notteboom (University of Antwerp) and yours truly, Trimodal Container Terminal, Willebroek, Belgium, 2007 (P).
• Capital on the move, Trimodal Container Terminal, Willebroek, Belgium, 2007.
• San Francisco Tram, 2007 (P)
• Containership by the Golden Gate, San Francisco, 2007.
• Eating crappy Chinese food in San Francisco (of all places) with fellow sufferers (left to right): Dr. Richard Knowles (University of Salford), Dr. Theo Notteboom (University of Antwerp)  and yours truly, 2007 (P).
• Subtropical Europe, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2006.
• The not so blue Danube, Belgrade, Serbia, 2006.
• A contradictory landscape, Belgrade, Serbia, 2006.
• Lunch at the Belgium / American club, from left to right: your host, Dr. Willy Winkelmans (Dean, Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp), Dr. Theo Notteboom (University of Antwerp) and Dr. Roger Vickerman (Jean Monnet Professor of European Economics, University of Kent), Antwerp, 2006. (P)
• Giant vacuum cleaner (dredging ship), your host and Dr. Theo Notteboom, Zeebrugge, Belgium, 2006, (P).
• Downtown Antwerp, 2006.
• Winter scene (a cold place to spend a sabbatical), Gothenburg, Sweden, 2006
• A post-transit landscape?, Chicago, 2006.
• A "freight cluster", from left to right: Dr. Peter Hall (Simon Fraser University), Dr. Markus Hesse (Free University of Berlin), Dr. Andy Goetz (University of Denver), Dr. Claude Comtois (University of Montreal), yours truly and Dr. Theo Notteboom (University of Antwerp), Chicago, 2006 (P).
• Warp 9.9 to the 21st century, Shenzhen, China, 2005.
• High tea at the Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong, 2005 (P).
• Shop till you drop, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 2005.
• The new Wanchai and the new Kowloon, Hong Kong, 2005.
• Export-oriented blues, Yantian container port, China, 2005.
• A post-fordist romantic setting, Yantian container port, China, 2005 (P).
• The leftovers of Katrina, Bahamas, 2005.
• Kids grow up quickly when fed with organic food, 2005.
• By the Danube, Serbia, 2004.
• Enjoying fatherhood, while it lasts, Belgrade, 2004 (P).
• A new addition to the family, my son Nikola Marcel Rodrigue, 2003.
• Goofing around Minnie's house, Disneyland, Anaheim, 2003 (P).
• Tying the knot with Gordana, Fort Lee, New Jersey, 2003 (P)
• Pensively overlooking the Seine, Paris, France, 2003.
• The starting point of New France, Honfleur, France, 2003 (P).
• Is this "1984" or 2003? Austin, Texas, 2003.
• The Grand Place, Brussels, 2003.
• Evacuation as an art, the Manneken-Piss, Brussels, 2003.
• Nowhere to go, nowhere to park than in a park, Brussels, 2003.
• Enjoying the outdoors (with Gordana), Brussels, 2003 (P).
• Car dependent devastated urban landscape, Louisville, Kentucky, 2003.
• Dining at the Big Easy, Left to right: Heike Flaeming (Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg), Gordana (my significant other), yours truly, and Dr. Markus Hesse (Free University of Berlin), New Orleans, 2003 (P).
• One night in Bangkok, Patpong sex district, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003.
• A Buddhist view on the flow of life, Mekong River, near Luang Prabang, Laos, 2003.
• Hmong village, near Luang Prabang, Laos, 2003.
• A view of the Mekong, Luang Prabang, Laos, 2003.
• A supply and demand relationship, poppy flower and opium smoker, Phonsavan, Laos, 2003.
• Could you wrap this pig up for me?, Phonsavan market, Laos, 2003.
• An outside and inside perspective on things, Plain of Jars, near Phonsavan, Laos, 2003 (P).
• A beer in Vientiane (with Dr. James Wiley and Dr. Bridget Welsh), Laos, 2003 (P).
• The death of logistics?, Buddhist funeral flower offering, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003.
• View of Vatican City, Rome, 2003.
• The Forum, Antique Rome, 2002.
• Electric blues in Rome, 2002 (P).
• In my element (by the St. Lawrence River), Quebec City, Canada, 2002 (P).
• Maritime passengers and freight, Quebec City, Canada, 2002.
• Joint / almost birthdays (with Gordana), Quebec City, Canada, 2002 (P).
• Urban waterways, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2002.
• Urban reflections, Delft, Netherlands, 2002.
• The Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, 2002.
• Roads, parking lots and gasoline, Los Angeles, 2002.
• An un-American car (small, inexpensive and energy efficient), Paris, 2002.
• Toasting the New Year at the Moulin Rouge (with Gordana), Paris, 2002 (P).
• It looks too good to be eaten, Les Bains, Paris, 2002.
• High speed style, TGV, Gare de Lyon, Paris, 2002.
• Transcendent mural, Fouvriere Basilica, Lyon, 2002.
• Fine dining and spending my first euros (with Alexandra and Gordana), Leon de Lyon, Lyon, 2002 (P).
• The ancient and the new, Seoul, Korea, 2001 (P).
• Diving the Mon Island, Na Thrang, Vietnam, 2001 (P).
• Fishing village / shantytown, Na Thrang, Vietnam, 2001.
• Central Market, Saigon, Vietnam, 2001.
• Trekking in the ruins of the Khmer civilization, Angkor, Cambodia, 2001 (P).
• The supreme hypocrisy!, four-faced Buddhist shrines (Bodhisattva), Angkor Tom, Cambodia, 2001.
• Sunrise on Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 2001.
• Basic accommodations with running water, floating village, Siam Reap, Cambodia, 2001.
• A country with a bloody past, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2001.
• Read the fine print before signing in, Khmer Rouge interrogation prison, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2001.
• Shantytown, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2001.
• In known territory, Malacca, Malaysia, 2001 (P).
• Malay stilt house, near Malacca, Malaysia, 2001.
• My 5 minutes of fame (with my significant other Gordana), Gala de l'Administrateur, Montreal, 2001 (P).
• PricewaterhouseCoopers business book Award. Left to right: Mr. Pierre Bourgie (President of Les Partenaires de Montreal), Mr. Pierre Seccareccia (Managing Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada), your host, Ms. Angele Tremblay (Editor of les Presses de l'Universite du Quebec) and Mr. Michel Cote (President of l'Ordre des administrateurs agréés du Quebec), Montreal, 2001 (P).
• PricewaterhouseCoopers Business Book Award take two, Montreal, 2001 (P).
• Smirking to a distinguished audience, PricewaterhouseCoopers Business Book Award, Montreal, 2001 (P).
• The beach, French Riviera style, Nice, France, 2001.
• The old port of Nice, France, 2001.
• Enjoying the Riviera, Nice, France, 2001 (P).
• The lives of the rich, famous and often clueless, Monte Carlo, 2001.
• Sur le pont d'Avignon, France, 2001.
• The Palace of the Popes, Avignon, France, 2001.
• The magnificent Pont du Gard, France, 2001.
• Goofing around a Roman theatre (in a dignified way), 9 years later, Lyon, France, 2001 (P).
• Jupiter would not be pleased, Sbeitia Roman ruins, Tunisia, 2001 (P). (I have something with Roman ruins)
• A silenced civilization, Sbeitia Roman ruins, Tunisia, 2001.
• Camel Jim (Dr. James Wiley) and Camel J-P, Sahara desert, Tunisia, 2001 (P).
• You look like this after 3 days in the desert, Sahara desert, Tunisia, 2001 (P).
• Playing the comfortable caveman, Matmata troglodyte caves, Tunisia, 2001.
• Still playing the comfortable caveman, Matmata troglodyte caves, Tunisia, 2001 (P).
• I missed the show by 1700 years, El Djem coliseum, Tunisia, 2001.
• Let it snow and let me slide, Montreal, 2000 (P).
• Your host and his sister Marie-Claude, Montreal, 2000 (P).
• In the kingdom of superficiality, Disneyworld, Florida 2000 (P).
• Pseudo groove, MGM studio, Florida 2000 (P).
• Foggy sunset, Tampa, Florida 2000.
• Big Chinese stone kitty, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China, 2000 (P).
• Street scene, Guangzhou, China, 2000.
• Brian Slack and your host, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China, 2000 (P).
• The problem with names, Guangzhou, China, 2000.
• Dr. Quack and Dr. Rodrigue, Hofstra University, 2000 (P).
• Lose all hope if you enter here, Hofstra University, 2000.
• Do not look at this one if you're afraid of insects!, Javanese rainforest, near Caritas, Indonesia, 2000.
• Fishing platform, Caritas, Indonesia, 2000.
• A Canadian perspective on relaxation, Caritas, Indonesia, 2000 (P).
• Glad it was only smoke! (standing next is colleague and friend Dr. Bridget Welch), Krakatoa volcano, Sunda Strait, Indonesia, 2000 (P).
• Prambanan Buddhist temple, Jogjakarta, Indonesia, 2000.
• Borobudur Buddhist temple, with an attempt at meditation, near Jogjakarta, Indonesia, 2000 (P).
• Blending in the literature, Jogjakarta, Indonesia, 2000 (P).
• Standing in the shadow of giants, Shanghai, China, 2000 (P).
• Street scene, Macau, SAR, China, 2000.
• Among primates, Ometepe Island, Lake Nicaragua, 2000. (P)
• Volcanic pasture, near Granada, Nicaragua, 2000.
• A meal with a view, Corn Island, Nicaragua, 2000 (P).
• One of the best beaches I ever seen, Corn Island, Nicaragua, 2000.
• Flying la Costena and staying alive, Corn Island, Nicaragua, 2000.
• Cloud rainforest, Ometepe Island, Lake Nicaragua, 2000.
• Reading, sipping tea and caught by surprise, New York, 2000 (P).
• The usual cheerful group picture (from left: Prof. Graham Johnson, University of British Columbia, Prof. Teodor Crainic, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Prof. Claude Comtois, Universite de Montreal, Prof. Liu Junde, East China Normal University, Prof. Xiping Chen, Gansu University of Technology and your host), East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 1999. (P)
• Mao in pink, model number 33, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 1999.
• Changing cityscapes, Pudong Development Zone, Shanghai, China, 1999.
• Letting pedestrians take back the city, Nanjing Lu, Shanghai, China, 1999.
• Street scene in Wanchai, Hong Kong, SAR, China, 1999.
• I can smell money in the air, Princeton, New Jersey, 1999.
• Elitism, power and money, Princeton, New Jersey, 1999. (P)
• Goofing around with a horned hat, Montreal, 1999. (P)
• My sister Marie-Claude, Montreal, 1999.
• My cozy office, somewhat "that 70s show" style, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 1999. (P)
• Generation X in academia (finally), Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 1999. (P)
• "My" GIS class, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 1999.
• Showing GIS stuff, Gansu University of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, 1999. (P)
• Small village by the mountains, Southern Gansu Province, China, 1999.
• Fields and wonderful mountains, Southern Gansu Province, China, 1999.
• 45 degrees farming, Southern Gansu Province, China, 1999.
• Buddhist shrine, Tibetan Autonomous Region, Gansu Province, China, 1999.
• Xiahe Monastery, Tibetan Autonomous Region, Gansu Province, China, 1999.
• Could you believe this is made of yak butter?, Tibetan Autonomous Region, Gansu Province, China, 1999.
• The end of the world, grassland on the edge of the Himalayan plateau, Tibetan Autonomous Region, Gansu Province, China 1999. (P)
• Phallacy in construction, the highest building in Guangdong, Guangzhou, China, 1999.
• A view of the Temple of Heaven (Tiantian), Beijing, 1999.
• Making place for the new mc economy, Beijing, 1999.
• Great Wall and great fogginess, Badaling section, north of Beijing, 1999. (P)
• A paradox of history, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 1999. (P)
• Entrance of the Forbidden City and mass tourism, Beijing, 1999.
• Overlooking the Ming Tombs, north of Beijing, China, 1999. (P)
• Diving trip in Hawaii, what a wonderful place to dive! (looking a little spaced out) Honolulu, Hawaii, 1999. (P)
• A view of Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1999.
• Beautiful Haunauna Bay, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1999.
• Hellen Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, 1998.
• Looking tired, Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, 1998. (P)
• Constructing a better future? Pudong Development Zone, Shanghai, 1998.
• Phallic fallacy? Pudong Development Zone, Shanghai, 1998.
• The Bund (central district), Shanghai, 1998.
• Sand dunes and emptiness (should have shaved and wear sunglasses), DunHuang, Gobi Desert, Gansu Province, China, 1998. (P)
• DunHuang Airport, Gobi Desert, Gansu Province, China (also survived a flight in a Tupolev), 1998.
• Guess where the flushing goes... Lanzhou, China, 1998.
• Ouch!, Guangzhou, China, 1998.
• 747 Docking at the new Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong, 1998.
• Developing an educational Web Site and drinking a lot of coffee, Montreal, 1997. (P)
• The old Soulanges Canal, west of Montreal, 1997.
• Linkoeping, Sweden, 1996.
• Who's the dummy? Linkoeping, Sweden, 1996. (P)
• Messing up with a Webcam, Montreal, 1996. (P)
• Speaking for 4 seconds, Radio Canada, 1996. (P)
• View of Hong Kong from the Peak, 1993
• View of Hong Kong from Kowloon, 1993.
• Downtown Hong Kong, 1993.
• I wonder what I ate that day, New Territories, Hong Kong, 1993 (P).
• The Bund, Shanghai, on a "sunny/smog day", 1993. This not longer exists.
• An original way to separate the grain from the straw, near Shanghai, 1993.
• Wonder what I'm looking at, Montreal, 1993. (P)
• My first field trip in China, Shanghai 1992 with my former Ph.D. supervisor Claude Comtois (why I am wearing a tie?) (P)
• Shantytown in an ever growing Shanghai, 1992.
• Street scene, Shanghai, 1992.
• The Great Wall and the great goof, Badaling section, north of Beijing, 1992. (P)
• The Temple of Heaven (Tiantan), Beijing 1992.
• 99 red balloons go by... Lyon 1992
• Goofing in a Roman theatre, Lyon, 1992 (see above for the same angle 9 years later). (P)
• With an old friend, Alexandra, Paris, 1992. (P)
• La boheme (the tie matches with the drapes), Vancouver, 1992. (P)
• Scuba diving trip (should have wear sunglasses), Miami, 1991. (P)
• My first conference presentation, Montreal, 1990. (P)

Dr. Rodrigue's research interests mainly cover the fields of economic, transport and urban geography. Area interests involve East and Southeast Asia (particularly China) and North America, notably concerning transportation, distribution and trade issues. Specific topics cover transport systems and logistics, global supply chains and production networks, gateways and transport corridors, urban regions, economic integration, international trade and regional development. Current projects involve:

• The Governance of Intermodal Transportation Assets
• The Transport Geography of Logistics
• Gateways, Corridors and Inland Freight Distribution
• Globalization and Transport Terminals