Red Cathedral

Don't forget that a Pride is actually a protest march to make you remember that there are compatriots of yours struggling to have the same rights & possibilities as you just because they refuse to hide their true feelings & their true self in the bottom drawer of a dark closet like so many did before them in order to comply with a general opnion that was imposed on people by several dogmatic, patriarchal religions and authoritarian politicians. ( and their following ) At 4.26AM Photoshop logged my last manual save on the wedding photos I was working on. Then I must have dozed off because at 7AM the cats woke me, in the couch with the laptop in my lap.. so I immediately WeTransferred everything I had finished during the night to the couple and decided to get ready for a protest march at 28° Celcius. The lack of sleep has been an issue since early March. Hence 1 beer, 1 ice-cream and mere 9000 steps got the best of me while the pride went it's own way. But it isn'

What is currently the definition of ecocide? LEGAL DEFINITION OF ECOCIDE " Ecocide means unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts " ( Source ) . So " The term ‘ecocide’ refers to the ‘devastation and destruction of the environment to the detriment of life’, but no legal definition between States has yet been agreed . This project promotes the discussion towards the criminalisation of ecocide" ( Source ) And at the same time more and more (neo-)liberal politicians ( Source ) are trying to stop the European regulations for Nature Restauration  ( The law ) This is an American trend from the Trump-era ( and still going strong in several GOP-states where the banning of books & the segragation between Cis/Trans or hetero/ LGBTQI+ seems more important than the protection of the environment & wildlife ) that is

Supporting the One Love movement that has landed in the eye of the storm during soccer.  Everyone should have the right to love, like & consensually kiss who they want.  Simple. Just. Normal. A basic human right for both straight and LGBTQ people. Let everyone decide for themselves what makes them happy. Stop being jealous, spiteful, hateful, polarizing towards eachother. Move forward together and you'll both be stronger and happier. A silly video on Clapper The Instagram video: Dit bericht op Instagram bekijken Een bericht gedeeld door Red Cathedral (@redcathedral) Love and be loved. Namaste. (And for the gear-geeks: yes, photo & video made with the Sony A7RV) "Why not try to create a widget to show my Youtube shorts ?" I thought one evening:

The " 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference " as it's full name sounds is the latest in a long series of international conferences that should combat climate change. Highly doubtful they'll succede in getting and most importantly enforcing the necessary changes. . . We are already living the results of the current changes in gulfstream/jetstream/climate and still corporations and humans are denying it so they can continue making money from our system of overconsumption. Greed. Shortsightedness. Egocentrism. Egoism. Those traits are defining us.  . That these changes are directly caused by human actions has been proven over and over. Climate change & pollution are 2 sides of the same coin.  Neither a giant meteor, nor the eruption of a supervolcano is causing the next mass extinction event, but the way 1 species is ruling this planet. Overshoot day. All pictures are on Flickr .

Real people wear real masks Real masks hide the face below Below the outward smile Sometimes lies a completely different story These are the darkest days of the year and the hardest days for all who suffer from dark thoughts hidden behind their smiling mask Short days. Little sunlight. Cold. Isolation. Illness. No prospects. Solitude. Rainy & dreary weather. Fast rising prices of everything they need to pay and everything they would love to pay. The impossibility to do what they dream of. The imminent collapse of the immense Chinese real estate economy. The removal of the happy Christmas lights from the streets. Long dark nights. Plenty of time for dark thoughts to fester in minds that have been hurt too many times. Sometimes all they need is a helping hand for them to see a way out. Be mindful of depression & other mental health disorders.  This is what Judas has to say about it . More on Flickr Model: Kristof

Drugs can most definately destroy you, your life and the lives of those close to you. Once in it's claws, escaping is harder than anyone can imagine. The craving for the next fix is the only focus in a junkie's life. Living for that one goal.. one that will inevitably lead to doom, destruction and death. Still: don't blindly judge a person simply because they need drugs to get through life. This person might very well be your friend, your lover, your parent, your sibling, your child or even yourself. So ask yourself what drives a person towards this doomed Escape from Reality. Thanks to model Kristof for investing so much time to my crazy ideas.  Larger version can be found on Flickr  

You wear seatbelts, motorhelmets, condoms, hardhats and sunscreen? You stop for red lights? You use smartphones, GPS, child car seats and debit/credit cards? So just put on that mouth cap and stop infecting others instead of organizing protests against it. Your Freedom has been long lost, no mouthcap or curfew is going to change that anymore. Look at Asian people who would wear mouth caps when feeling ill. They wear them to prevent the spread of any pathogens they might be carrying (with the protection of the respiratory tract from pollution and infection as a bonus) . Why is such little gesture of altruism to much for so many people? Don't be one of those egotistical rotten apples who screw everything up for everyone. Lead by example and live wisely. Besides: not so long ago we would get fined for wearing a mask in public so let's rejoice and all wear masks!   Published on Flickr and on Instagram

Urbex locations have their charm when combined with living models. This was a very raw & dehumanizing BDSM- & vegetarian-minded shoot. More on Flickr . Don't watch if you fear cannibalistic nightmares. Maybe if more humans visited a slaughterhouse they would eat less meat and treat the animals with some humanity.   Originally posted on my NSFW The Dark Cathedral portfolio    And yes, I combined the roles of photographer & butcher. How? Aha.. through a very handy camera-feature.

How many people are hopelessly addicted to prescription drugs? In the USA specialist estimate that up to 18 million people are addicted to prescription medication. States will often not tackle this issue due to the enormous economic and the important healthcare impact of the pharmaceutical industry. More from this shoot on Flickr . Read more: (Dutch) Brijder WatWat (English) WebMD Michael's House Healthline Mayoclinic

Everywhere in the world the Chilean people protest against the oppression & the hard repression of the manifestations. More images on Flickr .

Some images from Fridays for Future in Brussels & Utrecht are here . #climatemarch

Once all animals have been killed for sports, for food, by greed, by pollution, or through the destruction of their habitat.. what.. or who.. will we then hunt and keep as pets?  The censored version of Instagram The uncensored version of Flickr . Warning: contains graphic violence, nudity & dehumanisation.   #stopthehunt #animalprotection #animalrights

The nurses of the Netherlands protested in Amsterdam .