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Archive for June, 2011

Magnum pleasures

Friday, June 24th, 2011

First day of the Magnum meeting: looking at portfolios and voting. The time when we don’t crunch numbers (too much) and when it is (nearly) only about photography.

I went to war (This is not Belgium) 3

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Ok, just a fake war… But it was for real at one point. Belgium always was the ideal battleground for European dictators to be squashed by coalition armies…

Magnum and Leica exchange engagement rings

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Ahead of the Magnum meeting, Leica Ag. and Magnum finally, after more than 60 years, officialised their relationship and went legit during the presentation of the M9-P… More about this in the coming months. I still don’t have my M9-P!!

I went to war (This is not Belgium) 2

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Ok, just a fake war… But it was for real at one point. Belgium always was the ideal battleground for European dictators to be squashed by coalition armies…

Outraged hit the streets (This is not Belgium)

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Some 650 ‘Outraged’ (police estimate) hit the streets yesterday. This is not Belgium? Maybe it’s not Spain or Greece either…

I went to war (This is not Belgium)

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

Ok, just a fake war… But it was for real at one point. Belgium always was the ideal battleground for European dictators to be squashed by coalition armies…

In Anticipation

Friday, June 17th, 2011

In anticipation of World Refugee Day next monday… As it turns out I am scanning (and rescanning) pictures about the Kosovar refugees in Albania in 1999… Found two pictures I never scanned or printed before. All my refugee stories are here.

Tour St. Vincent (This is not Belgium) 3

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Revisiting places where I took pictures 20-30 years ago: the Tour Saint Vincent, a pilgrimage in Soignies…