“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*
“maybe that’s why i’m partly yellow
it’s no excuse, though
it really isn’t
what you should be is not yellow at all”
– j d salinger, the catcher in the rye
frites with your cabbage?
(belgian frites, magdalenastwg, brussel)
*shot with iPhone 5, edited in Aperture 3, applied black and white filter then brushed colour back in to add a pop of yellow, cabbage smoke inspired*
‘as if you have a choice”
– run, snow patrol
through a veil of tears
the city wakes
day breaks
(rooftops through raindrops, elsene)
*shot with iPhone 5, mobile snapseed app*
“waiting for you to come along
waiting for you to hear my song”
– the doors, waiting for the sun
(man in black, bus stop, troon, brussel)
*shot with iPhone 5, processed with aperture 3, silver ex pro 2, full contrast and structure filter, my knees were again involved, and that man in black who was so waiting…*
“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*
“nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road”
― jack kerouac, on the road
blurred vision
stop go stop go time to go
rearrangement required
(R0, Zaventem)
*shot with iPhone 5, processed with mobile Snapseed app*
“…one must find the source within ones own self”
– hesse
light / dark
bad / good
ambiguity
(mirror, elsene, brussel)
*shot with iPhone 5, processed with Snapseed app, mirror in bathroom*
“…you must change your life…”
― rainer maria rilke
photograph rain
constrain pain
remain sane
(rooftops, elsene, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, processed in aperture 3 and silver efex pro 2, full contrast and structure filter, staining the art of poetry*
“…each drop of rain is my failed life weeping in nature”
– fernando pessoa, the book of disquiet
(rooftops, elsene, brussel)
*shot with nikon d700, processed in aperture 3 and silver efex pro 2, full contrast and structure filter, totally neglected to focus the shot*
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