Strolling in the streets of Brussels. And in the ‘Palais de Justice’, the biggest court of justice in Europe, designed by Poelaert in the late 19th century. Quite a lot of people in the poorer part of the capital had to be evicted for its construction. So much so that ‘voilen architek’ (dirty architect) became […]
Ommegang… Yes. But wasn’t really motivated. I left before it really started. I was better at it last year. Same place as two days ago but from the other side… Repeating myself?
A quick snap on my way to buy a screen calibrator. The ‘Ommegang’ is in the streets of Brussels again. I went last year. Will go back this year…
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.
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 […]
One week without taking photographs. It was itching bad… Picking up on the ‘This is not Belgium‘ story. Started somewhere here, back in 1972…
I added ‘This is not Belgium 2011‘ on my website: the beginning of a long story and an attempt to unravel the intricacies of a dissolving country.
The Meiboom plantation dates back from 1213 and takes place ever since on August 9th… This will be my last contribution to the ‘This is not Belgium’ series for this year. We are off to Phnom Penh this friday…