“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*
“shame is a soul eating emotion”
― c.g. jung
an eyeful
sitting
eating
and not
thinking
*my friend lucile from lucile de godoy | bridging lacunas has challenged me to join in the 5-day b&w photo challenge, where I must post a black and white photo each day for 5 days and nominate someone else to join the challenge, today i’d like to invite “Red Pants And a Mustache” from Exploring Coffee Shops in Stockholm, to join the challenge with us, and even if he doesn’t please go take a look anyway*
*steps, beurs van brussel, for b&w 5:5*
*shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3, silver efex pro 2 and analog efex pro 2, wet plate filter*
“i’ll write to you
a super-long letter
like in an old-fashioned novel”
― haruki murakami, after dark
far away
fingers flying
willing words
to
exist
*my friend lucile from lucile de godoy | bridging lacunas has challenged me to join in the 5-day b&w photo challenge, where I must post a black and white photo each day for 5 days and nominate someone else to join the challenge, today i’d like to invite my friend mike from mikeosbornphoto, to join the challenge with us*
*grote markt, brussel, for b&w 4:5*
*shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3, silver efex pro 2 and analog efex pro 2, wet plate filter*
“i drew a line for you
oh what a thing to do”
– yellow, coldplay
loner
why
does nobody
want me
when it’s
play time
“for a while” is a phrase whose length can’t be measured
at least by the person who’s waiting”
― haruki murakami, south of the border, west of the sun
waiting
would you wait
for whom
how long
and why
*my friend lucile from lucile de godoy | bridging lacunas has challenged me to join in the 5-day b&w photo challenge, where I must post a black and white photo each day for 5 days and nominate someone else to join the challenge, today i’d like to invite my friend john from life photography and other mistakes, to join the challenge with us*
*frederik de merodestraat , mechelen, for b&w 3:5*
*shot with iPhone 5, edited in aperture 3 and silver efex pro 2*
“the human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments
what’s left of kisses?
wounds, however, leave scars”
― Bertolt Brecht
never before, and then
her skin soft, his fingers searching
her lips open, wanting
they kissed
and
became
*my friend lucile from lucile de godoy | bridging lacunas has challenged me to join in the 5-day b&w photo challenge, where I must post a black and white photo each day for 5 days and nominate someone else to join the challenge, today i’d like to invite Albert (aka nty6x) from passionately curious, to join the challenge with us*
*sculpture, la roche en ardenne, for b&w 2:5*
*shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3 and silver efex pro 2*
only if
only if
you need
only if
you want
only if
you know
*my friend lucile from lucile de godoy | bridging lacunas has challenged me to join in the 5-day b&w photo challenge, where I must post a black and white photo each day for 5 days and nominate someone else to join the challenge, today i’d like to invite mitch zeissler from Exploratorius, whom I compared to Ansel Adams during #photo101, to join the challenge with us*
*doel, graffiti for b&w 1:5*
*shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3 and silver efex pro 2, silouhette filter*
“the devil pulls the strings which make us dance
we find delight in the most loathsome things
some furtherance of hell each new day brings
and yet we feel no horror in that rank advance”
– charles baudelaire
the devil inside
painted on a wall
rampaging, pillaging, corrupting
external terror
the darkness
in our hearts?
(graffiti, doel)
*shot with nikon d700, edited in aperture 3 and analog efex pro 2, wet plate filter, dark heart*
belgianstreets 