“what is your advice to young writers?
drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes”
― charles bukowski, hot water music
fire truck
is there
a better way
to wake
than to the smell of smoke
and see
firemen
through opaque
eyes?
(apartment building fire, elsene, brussel)
*shot with iphone 5, edited with photoshop cc, analog ex pro 2, smoke in my eyes*
“if i know what love is
it is because of you”
― hermann hesse
red light district
field of dreams
snow bound
ordered and scheduled
walking man
peeing man 😉
long and winding road
after all
is said
and done
the destination
is always
more
than ever?
(road trip, autobahn, germany)
*shot with nikon d700 and iphone 5, edited with aperture 3, color efex pro 4, silver efex pro 2, snow and driving involved, do not try this at home, inspired by mara eastern*
“it is not enough that we do our best
sometimes we must do what is required”
― winston s churchill
decide, act
and don’t stop
whatever lies in your path
seize the day
live and
love
(snowstorm, autobahn, germany)
justine’s eclectic corner #3 resolution
*shot with iPhone 5, edited with snapseed mobile app, snow and driving involved, do not try this at home, inspired by mara eastern*
“people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf”
― george orwell
politie
swaggering
leather
buttoned up
and bothering?
(politie, rue neuve, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3, desaturated leaving blue in place using photoshop cc and inspiration from mara eastern*
“we
sat there
smoking
cigarettes
at
5
in the morning”
― charles bukowski, the pleasures of the damned
spotted?
empty streets
standing looking
have you
a
booking?
(smoking man, ketje, place luxembourg, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3, silver efex pro 2*
“how we need that security
how we need another soul to cling to
another body to keep us warm
to rest and trust”
― sylvia plath
that warm feeling inside
he
closed
his eyes
and thought of
her
and so
(sleeping man, madou metro station, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3, color efex pro 4, just before the door closed*
“i’ll never wake up in a good mood again
i’m tired of these stinky boots”
― jim morrison,
sleep well?
presents under the tree
too much to drink
what is real
do you feel?
(homeless person’s bed, eu parliament, place luxembourg, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3, silver efex pro 2 and analog efex pro 4, wet plate filer, absence of sentimentality*
“and one by one the nights between our separated cities
are joined to the night that unites us”
― pablo neruda
the boy
for all those who, today, are separated from those they love
and
for this boy, in particular
pain and anger do not last for ever
strength, hope, can be found in surprising places
the thing
is to do
the right
thing
and for the boy
in the photo
know you are loved and
always will be
(the boy, grote markt, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3, blurred with photoshop cc to protect the innocent*
“you want her, you can’t have her
you want to, but she won’t let you”
auf achse
wasted
lives
wanting
life
but dare
they?
(bus, centraal station, brussel)
*shot with iPhone 5, edited with aperture 3, analogue efex pro 2, wet plate filter, scrooge mode*
“you are what you do, not what you say you’ll do”
― c.g. jung
spotted?
when
i wanted
what i want
it was
not
this
(kerstmarkt, beurs, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3, silver efex pro 2, full contrast and structure filter, didn’t touch a drop, ok a glass?*
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