The road in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court was cordoned off again during the resumption of the trial for 23 workers, union leaders and activists who were arrested on January 2nd and 3rd during a violent crackdown of striking workers. A brief and fairly useless scuffle between Municipal Security Guards and monks from […]
For the record if you master the Flemish language… I was interviewed by Luc Van Eeghem, presenter of the ‘Pompidou’ program at Radio Klara, on the occasion of my exhibition with vintage prints at 44Gallery in Brugge (open on W.E. until May 25th). You can download a podcast HERE (search and click on ‘Pompidou’).
The ‘Marches de l’Entre-Sambre-Et-Meuse’ originated with the traditional processions with the cross from the Middle Ages, when worshippers paid their dues to the abbeys. They were accompanied by a military escort to protect the people from the bandits roaming forests and countrysides. In 1802 the marches gained in importance and were escorted by soldiers from […]
The ‘Zinnekes’ (‘Halfbloods’ in the Brussels dialect) parade was drenched in the rain today. The ‘Zinnekes’ Parade is Belgium at its best: absurd, inventive with bits and pieces of anything and cardboard, funny, multi-cultural, with a twist of ‘it is messy but it’ll work out (and it does)’, and rainy. More on ‘This is not […]
Of course there was some rain… And of course there are a few unrelated photographs… More on ‘This is not Belgium’ HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, or HERE…
Off to Brugge, to bring 45 vintage prints to 44Gallery where they will be exhibited starting May 4th… The prints will be for sale. There are only 1 or 2 copies of those prints around, handmade some 30 years ago in my darkroom. It is also some 30 years I haven’t been to Brugge. Hasn’t […]
Hopefully there will be some time for me to work a bit more on ‘This Is Not Belgium’ during my stay there. For more see HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, or HERE…
A never seen before crowd ran over Kep during Khmer New Year, putting a very high pressure on the crab population this usually quiet little sea resort is famous for. More on Kep HERE…