not lost just found

I bought my first Leica when visiting Rome back in December 2014.

My second-hand M6 has its own story. I let go its unconvincing Summarit 50 when I traded it with a Summicron 50 (Type IV) in Kyoto in 2016 to accompany a good old Elmarit 28 (Type III).

In age of digital, I try to get lost in time with my Leica and over 60 film rolls I think I found my way back home to start over.

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not lost just found simply shares an everyday street life through a lens. Check the photo story below. If you are interested subscribe for premium content as well.

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February 2015-December 2019

the market boy

The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do
Andy Warhol

inside out

New born fake plastic babies in the cuvette

Tonton Marcel was a shop to buy natural wine in Brussels

Danish restaurant window with handwritten typography

Toddler is out, the photographer in waiting for his espresso

Be it London, Copenhagen or Brussels; vitrines tell us a story. Different typography requires no dictionary to get the message. Sometimes you are observing from inside often peeking from outside. Take your baby steps.

face-to-face

The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.
Susan Meiselas

one in a million

Drunk man singing and dancing in Brussels

My camera is a proof assistant of the strange world that I see around me.

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familiar places

Almost empty streets are appealing to me because a surprise can happen anytime. I have no complaints when some uninvited face enters the frame. Photography is connecting cities to each other.

sunday afternoons are always special

Dressed up young scout walking down stairs Seine left bank

Parisian dog walking next to me with a stick on his mouth

Climate change is real and one need to adapt

Man standing in the beach checking his mobile phone

The colour theory of the 4 seasons do not necessarily apply. I prefer pastel and warm tones

people keep moving

Young hipster couple walking through time

Walking down to Rialto Market in Venezia

I want the viewers to be moved into the lives of the people that they are looking at, the visual experience is incredibly emotional.
Paul Fusco

Cycling couple in Paris cold winter afternoon

city keeps changing

Le coq, a local pub in Brussels. During the construction works

Brussels is obviously my subject because it is home to me.

For records you visited the collector in Brussels

Uw stad is verkocht / Ta ville est vendue

Photography has a huge impact. But no one looks at photographs either. Those not looking at the life itself what can they see in a photograph? I do not take photographs for people to look and be impressed. I photograph what I see. Some see. Some don’t.
Ara Güler

das kapital

Hospital dressed up to give care giving message

Some seek profit. My camera does not criticise this simply because I also try to capitalise on the moment. Economic globalisation – trade and consumption trends surround us. What about those that are trapped in a spiral of poverty? I rather buy second hand equipment and films, not megapixels.

city is yours once you are mobile