Tag: 28mm
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Thank God it’s Friday
(cue The Art of Noise song) Loods5 offers a shop-in-shop warehouseDisguised in a superb presentation. In Maastricht’s centreAn abundance of tourists making pictures, and two regularshaving a smokeoutside their fave cafe. “No, no. I don’t post on TikTok”(as well no, you’re not a cute ladyamazed by the picture showing her beauty) Instead, you bring tonnes…
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The dark days…
Some photograper wrote he was getting depressedonly shooting black and white. When I recoiled from some colour pictures,hurt almost by the sugar cane pink bursting the enamel of my teeth.It must pain them, to constantly juggle colour wheel theory and white balance drama. Well. not so much here.Here, we paint with spoonfuls of light.or moonfuls…
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A street photographer’s delight
The abundance of beauty in the old-town of Prague, the patina of the Golden HourCrevices and lighting casting complex shadows over buildings with looming roof top statues watching you like giant sentinels, lighted fountains glowing like neon almostTourist herds making theit selfies with the many sights in the backgroundin between the Insanely chaotic shops, all…
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Speicherstadt – Hamburg warehouse district
If it’s made it to the Unesco bucket list, for sure it is worth the journey should you happen to be in the vicinity. Funny how as photographer, we choose the lens to which to see, in my casealways 28mm, black and white but that’s not what I meant. Lifting out the crowd or instead…
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Two faces of Hamburg
Frankly I don´t know what I was expecting of Hamburgyet, somehow it reconciles with what I encountered.This ´Hansestadt´ with rich past in commerceshows a more diverse cultural blend than I´m used to. It has two faces, really. One is the hurried and metropolitan grandeur,with waterways, buildings and impressively large store fronts. Where people are either…
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Windows
I’ve met the occasional urbanitewho favoured the scale of Istanbulover the villagesque charm of MaastrichtI love to linger in the medieval streetsand secretly snap unsuspecting people revealing their cravingsas astute enterpreneurs reel them into their shops & restaurants Meanwhile, at homewe equally cater to the needs of the little people walking by our window panesthey…
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Summer in Maastricht
The car, the gentleman and his dog were all impeccably preserved oldies. Very impressive sculpture, supporting the awareness for people on the verge of killing themselves. Lots of sunflowers in support of the cause. Maastricht, 16 sep 2023
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Summertime, French-style
Every Wednesday afternoona sleepy Breton village reawakens, pivoting around its central ‘Halles’, next to its church. Where long tables and live musicare adorned by couleure locale who detour via the local ‘Bistrot’, to get their drinks for 1.50: canteen prices almost. Where the table serving ‘assièttes’ with local producetook six people more time to set…
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Trinité-sûr-mèr
It had been 35 years since I was in this Atlantic harbor.In fairness, it hadn’t changed, as allthe good stuff was still there. Busy promenade, bustling with families,Cars and bikes on displayGreat views on the mussle banks,Delicious seafood, (actual food-porn sorry-not-sorry) and impeccable ice cream shops. 21 July 2023, Trinité-sûr-mèr, Brittany, France.

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