Tag: Photography
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Paddington
Loved the short walk with Sean from work. Sean’s been on the streets for much longer and it was just nice to visit the spots he really enjoys shooting. London, 17 Jan 2024
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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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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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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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When in France…
Always visit the local marketsThe once French-speaking-only market menrecognise “lekker” (tasty) and advise to store nougat“niet in de ijskast” (not in the fridge). Amazing how much merchants set aside what must be an inate dislike of foreignersbut they bring the coinso they smileand speak yourlanguage Vannes is very pretty, a city in the South of…

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