Red Cathedral

Streetart underneath the ringway viaduct of Merksem to honour Julie Van Espen who was raped and murdered on this spot by a convicted serial-rapist who was released awaiting a re-trail for another rape-case. More info for those not familiar with the case: www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/dossiers/2019/05/moord-op-julie-van-... JPG's from the Sony ZV-1. All images of the artworks are on Flickr

The Coronawalks & post-Corona hikes in my new neighborhood have shown me many pretty sights and one SO ugly it became beautiful again. I so want to use this as a backdrop for a post-apocalyptic portrait.. but what are the chances of getting these strong clouds back? More pictures from Haspengouw are on Flickr as are more pictures from Urban & Rural Decay .

This work of art is one the many touristic highlights of my region and at dusk it truly become magical. Artwork: Reading between the lines Artists: Pieterjan Gijs & Arnaut Van Vaerenberg Borgloon - Haspengouw - Limburg More images are 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

 How about trying to set up some images that give a feeling of a warzone? That was a nice challenge, now you decide if it worked. Reenactor: BelgianBeerBugBarney Costume: D Company, 2nd Airborne Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry The guys who took Pegasus bridge during D-day. Assisted by the ladies E & B  The complete series is on Flickr      

Have you ever seen the July terraces & streets of Antwerp this empty?  The 2nd wave of Covid-19 has hit the city hard and a lockdown light + the 1st curfew (in the entire province of Antwerp, not just the city) since World War II are active. I'm very glad I moved to beautiful Haspengouw where I can enjoy Nature & peace.. If only people were able to use their common sense in fighting this pandemic then maybe there would not have been a 2nd outbreak and maybe all the strict regulations would not have been necessary. That's many maybe's.. reality is: there IS a second outbreak, our behaviour ("going back to normal pretending nothing is wrong") has caused it. The way we behave in the face of this virus is exact the same way as we behave in the face of other problems caused by human ignorance and selfish behaviour: pollution, climate change, animal extinction, drought, deforestation, smog, .. We -as a species- cause a problem and once regulations are being put ...

Been testing this little beauty for a while now. It was as much fun to use as the RX100 VII  was last summer... However: the fully articulated LCD-screen on the ZV-1 was a huge bonus and on the downside:  for photo work ( 24fps is a blast! )  I really missed the pop-up EVF of the RX100's. Then again: this camera is aimed more at videographers ( I love the 4k vertical video feature and the HFR function --> 1000fps video is just crazy for such a tiny camera! ) Truth is: the only moments you really struggle to compose on the LCD-screen are in bright sunlight, in the rain and while wearing polarized sunglasses ( damn my RayBan addiction !) But if you're photographing humans or animals (or filming humans), you can simply trust the "Real Time Eye Auto Focus" to find the target. It's even faster & more acurate than on an A7III.   The audio you get out of this tiny body even without an external mic is fenomenal due to the 3 capsules who record sound in 3D stereo. T...

Wounded Wildlings always ensure they'll never talk when captured. (Originally published on Flickr )

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.

Somewhere around the change of millennia I experimented a bit with something I called Freehand bodypainting. Something like very wild Cobra Art on a living & breathing canvas. No brushes & with paint that is suited for children.  Using the bodies of men & women alike to cover in layers of paint and then see it dry, flake and drop.. all of it to get a shot. More of this session with W&L on Flickr . And the more adult/fetishist/Dark Fantasy/strictly 18+ side of my work: The Dark Cathedral Actually, i should search the archives for some of the other Freehand Bodypainting shoots. Who knows, maybe i'll even get the taste to create some new chaos on skin.

The Covid-19 lockdown was a perfect time to move & wander through the meadows i now call home. Not all who wander are lost. It was forbidden to come close to people outside your intimate bubble, luckily there were plenty of flowers to photograph. Being a solitary person i truly enjoyed the lockdown walks. (Testing the Live composite mode on an old Olympus camera .) All images from the Corona walks & more are on Flickr .

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

Lockdown time gave me the opportunity to do several little tests with a variety of Steampunk masks. Do you like these little strange portraits? Should i do more of these? More from these mini shoots on Flickr

An image made for & dedicated to a great lover of high heels and a great friend for almost 3 decades who unexpectedly passed away on May 8th 2020. At 11AM he was still making silly remarks for my birthday (that very same day) and at 2PM he was gone, leaving us all sad & baffled.  Farewell my friend.

Stores are slowly reopening (since May 11th in Belgium) and masked shopaholics are queuing up outside to get their fix.

Tiretracks are proof humans have passed before you and no matter how remote the location is you go to you will find tiretracks everywhere.. even on the moon. More from this series on Flickr   (No nudity allowed on this blogger page, so the next image from this series is on The Dark Cathedral )

A country of many crosses, beautiful sights, breathtaking culture & an impressive history. It has been a while since my last visit there.. and it's itching again. More images: on flickr

Found this tower while scouting for locations for a costume/cosplay/larp-shoot.  Still have to use it for one though. 😀

A small cyberpunk inspired shot for a world that is almost invisibly yet inevitably changing into the dystopian vision of the cyberpunk writers of old. Originally published: https://flic.kr/p/2eFgYP3

In times of Covid-19 the dead are everywhere around you  #corona2020 #lockdown2020

This virus is teaching us very important lessons.. the same lessons dystopian scifi movies & disaster/zombie-movies have tought us.. Survivalists were right: instinct quickly takes over once society's foundations are lightly shaking, freedom & privacy are swiped off the table in the name of safety and the authoritarian states are doing better than democracies.. and spreading their wings on waves of propaganda. (Check this VRT NWS article ) Let us remember the fallen and see what the future brings.

Belgium is in a lock down due to the Covid-19 pandemic (the "Corona virus") and all my photo gear is far away.. so let's try to make something simple in a boudoirish style. Originally published on Flickr .