“we never live
we are always in the expectation of living”
― voltaire
why?
do they need
it
do they know
that queueing
is not
living?
(queue outside primark, rue neuve, brüssel)
*shot with nikon d700, edited with aperture 3 and silver efex pro 2, sense of humour required*
“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*
“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*
“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*
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