Some time ago I went to Antwerp for a day. Mainly to watch and capture reflections in shopping windows and mirrors. As you may well know I love to mingle the world before and behind the window. The photo camera is a beautiful device to use for this play: It glues the two 3D realities into one 2D photographic reality. A slightly surreal image is often the result.

Up: Antwerp Meir 13/07/30 11.55am

Middle: Antwerp Meir 13/07/30 11.56am

Under: Antwerp Central Station 13/07/30 11.23am

Het land langs # 22 (Along the Country Side # 22)

My weblog & Facebook friends may have noticed that I did not publish new posts for a while. I was away, giving some workshops at Buitenkunst (www.buitenkunst.nl) . Which in itself a very inspiring activity. For me, and I hope for my participants too. My groups made some beautiful presentations, among them a big slide show in the theatre about photographing democratically. Which has to do with treating equally every element in the photo, every detail is of the same importance. Looking for the perfect banal.

In another workshop my group made a beautiful show of photographs as a décor for a concert of tango music.

Very inspiring, but I can’t find hardly the time to take new photographs and more over to think of new stories.

But sometimes I can bike around for a while and take some typical Dutch Landscape Pictures.

Up: Zalk (NL) 13/08/10 12.19 am

Middle: Oostvaardersdijk (NL) 13/07/27 3.06 pm

Under: Drontermeerdijk (NL) 13/08/06 1.10 pm

Some culinary adventures in Ireland

One night during our wonderful bicycle trip to Ireland Petra and I were sitting outside the bed and breakfast in Castletown Berehaven. It was a beautiful spot with a great view over a bay of the Atlantic. We were the only guests. The owner came to us to show the mackerels he caught that very evening. Great fishes! And very tasteful at breakfast the next morning!

The other photos show the full Irish Breakfast I used to take as an energy boost before the cycling trip every day. And the result after 7 minutes.

Castletown Berehaven 13/07/08 10.01 pm

Castletown Berehaven 13/07/09 9.30 am

Glenbara 13/07/11 8.39 am

Glenbara 13/07/11 8.46 am

Ireland on my mind

Exiting times! Tomorrow Petra & I will be flying to Ireland, a country we did not visit for 22 years. Really wonder if I am caught in the same way by the magic if the country as I was before. Beautiful scenery, very special people. I used to be in love with the country. Made a series of photo’s which I exhibited a lot. All analogue, 35mm, and a lot of working afterwards in the darkroom.

Up: County Sligo. August 1991.

Middle: Millstreet Horse Show. July 1989

Under: Limerick. July 1988.

Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (126) Because of a Fragmentic Nature (126)

It is a strange phenomena in shopping areas. Shopping windows often show signs and letters instead of beautiful articles. And sometimes visitors of restaurants are eating in the shopping window.

Up: Amsterdam 13/6/25 2.10 pm

Middle: Amsterdam 13/6/25 2.41 pm

Under: Amsterdam 14/6/27 2.32 pm