“Every select man strives instinctively for a citadel and a privacy, where he is free from the crowd, the many, the majority…”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Mini-Europe, Bruparck, Brussel
NaBloPoMo 20 of 30 – photography101:14
Streets
photography101: (second) mo(ve)ment
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
– Stephen King
Catching a moment to read whilst the world rushes by.
This is a very experimental shot.
Rue Neuve, Brussel
architecture and morality
“Sealand forgets her friends
She’ll not leave them again
Mother, sister and home
These arms fail you so”
Sealand – OMD – “Architecture and Morality” – 1981
This place has quite a history.
photography101: architecture
Today’s challenge was to present architecture in mono.
Faced with a hectic day, the temptation to dig out an archive shot was strong, I have a large collection of such shots.
But…I wanted to enter into the spirit of things!
So, before leaving for work this morning, I stepped out into the rain and grabbed this grainy shot of the EU Parliament with my iPhone and then edited it with Silver Efex Pro.
I have featured this building, which is right outside my front door, in other posts and will again.
NaBloPoMo 18 of 30 – photography101.12
photography 101: a pop of color
the (un) natural world of doel
My response to today’s theme on #photo101 was a spider’s web captured in a window frame in the abandoned polder village of Doel.
The main target for my camera yesterday was the graffiti which covers almost every vertical surface in Doel.
So as an extra #photo101 contribution this evening, here is a short slide show featuring the (un) natural world of Doel…
And for those having trouble seeing the slideshow on mobile devices here are the images…
photography101: weekend one (two)
A second response to the photo101 “weekend homework”
I came across this sculpture in a hollow in the park in the centre of Brussel close to the Palace.
Faded and run down but alluring…
This time some colour in my photos.
Le me know what you think and have a great weekend!
Now time for a glass of wine 😉
…footnote
After a little digging around on the web I have discovered that the statue is “La Madeleine repentante (1779) de Jérôme Duquesnoy repose dans une grotte artificielle dans le fond du parc.”
The woody hollow itself is a throwback to an ancient valley that predates the construction of the park. In September 1830 Dutch soldiers were trapped and defeated here by revolutionaries. The place was closed to the public throughout the second half of the 19th Century and even today has an eerie and unsettling atmosphere…
minimalist
My contribution to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge from The Daily Post at WordPress.
NaBloPoMo 8 of 30
photography101: solitude
Thoughts, once I cared.
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
― Aldous Huxley
NaBloPoMo 7 of 30 – photography101:5
photography101: bliss
I am listening…
“Of all the conceptions of pure bliss that people and poets have dreamed of, listening to the harmony of the spheres always seemed to me the highest and most intense.”
– Hesse
From martelaars plein.
NaBloPoMo 6 of 30 – photography101:4
belgianstreets 