“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?*
“i went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again”
― charles bukowski
that time
they say
be happy
drink
and then
what
(kerstmarkt, beurs, brussel)
(in response to Justine’s challenge to join her tea party)
*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3 and color efex pro 4, bleach bypass filter, didn’t touch a drop*
“how relieved, how eased, the whole world suddenly became!
how the great questions all simplified themselves at the same instant—did you feel it?”
― aleksandr solzhenitsyn, the gulag archipelago 1918-1956
pouring it all out
in brussel
amid the hustle and bustle
is this
relief
or
what
*restaurant, near grote markt, brussel*
*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3 and analog efex pro 2, sense of humour required*
“if you’re not haunted by something
as by a dream, a vision, or a memory, which are involuntary
you’re not interested or even involved”
― jack kerouac, book of sketches
staring back
flayed
fragmented fears
flash
by
*kruidtuin, metro, brussel*
*shot with iPhone5, edited analog efex pro 2 to cover up horribly blurred shot through metro window, wet plate filter*
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