“maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other”
― john steinbeck, of mice and men
(troon metro, brussel)
*shot with iPhone 5, processed with Aperture 3 and Silver Efex Pro 2*
belgianstreets
belgië through the eyes of andy townend
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This doesn’t even look like Brussels. More like some dystopian underground city. The shots are beautiful, full of character.
Thank you. I was full of inspiration as I shot.
This is kind of freaky. I mentioned the other day when you quoted Kerouac that I had recently read On The Road. Well, I also recently read Of Mice and Men. And Murakami’s South of the Border, West of the Sun is on my “to read” list.
May well be freaky, but what a great reading list!
These shots are definitely my favourite, Andy! Love them 🙂
Thank you, it was an experiment which will be repeated!
Good news!
Fabulous Andy. Love them. Do you use the standard camera app to capture the images or something else?
I love the photo with the open doors and two people facing each other inside. And the one threw up from that with the guy rushing past the train with the doors slightly open.
These are all fabulous. Inspired.
Thank you! This was an experimental set, I sat on a bench on the platform, balanced my phone on my knee and every few minutes fired away. Then I used Silver Efex Pro on my Mac to edit them, to give the mono effect – now I realise I need to update the note at the foot of the post..
Cool, I’ve heard about this Silver Efex Pro before, I will have to investigate 🙂
I love it, used to be Nik software now owned by Google, there are a whole bunch of related apps / plugins but Silver Efex Pro is my favourite. What is really exciting is these were shot from my knee and for me it shows me that there is always something special right under our noses, if we can only pause for a moment, and see.
You’ve taken “shooting from the hip” to a new level LOL.
I love ALL of your photos. I don’t mean just this post, I mean ALL of your photos I’ve seen. You’re the bomb.
There is no answer to that other than thank you, which is inadequate…
Very street and full of immediacy. The graffiti is a good reference point which never changes in a scene of human hustle and bustle.
Thank you Mike, that was just what i was hoping to achieve . It was fascinating watching the scene change as the trains came and went…
Oooh i love these, they really have your stamp on them, edgy and gritty at the same time. but what I love most is you saying this: What is really exciting is these were shot from my knee and for me it shows me that there is always something special right under our noses, if we can only pause for a moment, and see. – now this is a new quote you realize? I might be asking to use this in the future if you dont mind? grins xx
the quoter, quoted…?
I like that!