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July 4th

Wednesday, July 4th, 2012

If it is about belonging, about identity, about connection, I don’t mind national celebrations, be it in the U.S. or in any country. If it is about borders, nationalism, exclusion and arrogance, I do.

Scanning from the old box

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

Scanning Belgian negatives from the old box. One eye on the progress bar of the scanning software on screen nr1, the other eye on stage 2 of the Tour de France on screen nr2.

Scanning & Strawberries

Sunday, July 1st, 2012

June is strawberries month in Brussels. June is the month I spend in Brussels. When in Brussels I’m scanning negatives. Old negatives that were never scanned… 40 years old… Hours at an end, before the rest of the family arrives. I wonder what brings back memories most. The taste of the strawberries or the old […]

World Refugee Day

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

And the numbers are rising… All pictures from the stories on refugees I did. More on my website here…

The Rohingya

Monday, June 11th, 2012

State of emergency in Rakhine State (Myanmar)… Twenty years ago I took pictures of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Now that Myanmar opens up, its wounds are revealed.

Press Freedom Day

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

A few pictures of my colleagues during their daily chores here in Cambodia. In that context this might also be an interesting read…

Labour Day

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Honouring the Cambodian garment factory worker… Here, here and a multimedia here…

Bokor Mountain before the invasion

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

I thought it would be timely, after the story I did on Khmer New Year celebrations on Bokor Mountain, to add a story I did 10 years ago on park rangers there: ‘Cambodia Eco-Warriors‘… The clock can’t be turned back… Have a nice W.E.