The seashore in Belgium and the north of France can be wild! The light is fantastic, and so is the wind 🙂 Here are a few pictures I took in September 2022 without any post-processing. I’ll be posting part II soon!
Photography: Brussels, Belgium, in October.
I live in Lille, North of France. As you can see on the map, Belgium is a small neighbour, a friendly one. During the week-ends, many people from France go visite Belgium… and vice versa!
Here are, absolutely untouched, pictures of parks and streets, evenings and railroads.
Have a great day!
Photography: “La Dordogne”, a French river. How to photograph a river? She’s like the lady you’re in love with: she’s complex, multiple, given, elusive, clear, dark, changing and marvellous. What do I choose? The light? Water? Trees? Rocks? Here are 14 pictures of La Dordogne, near the little town of Carsac.
Photography: The Three Cats of Sarlat
I have a big problem with landscape and urban photography. I chose 5 examples for you, randomly in Google Images. I call this problem the “Intention of Effect“.
Long pauses transform cars into lines. Choosing sunset time gives “interesting” colours to the mountains. Using a drone makes you fly and shows lines. Putting the camera on the ground brings “interesting” lines and reflections.
Well, in each of these pictures I FEEL the photographer’s will, which seems to YELL at me “I AM SMART HAVE YOU SEEN IT?”. Yeah, I’ve seen it, buddy.
Each time I see one picture like this (and they are a majority), I’m rolling eyes. I’m like : “Okey little man, I see what you do”; and this is ABSOLUTELY boring.
Intention of effect kills effect.
This is not art, no art at all. It’s all waxywet, schmaltzy and wishy-washy, it is not gorgeous: it’s ridiculous and I’m already out, goodbye.
The contrary of all this monkey arounding appeared in the 70s with Stephen Shore and William Eggleston.
They knew the “pretty” urban or landscape pictures were ridiculous, and very, very far behind the Art Movement.
They had to find another way to show cities and nature. To stop being a show-off little idiot.
So they experimented a more neutral “way”, becoming an amateur-beginner, or becoming a tech-photographer. I think they wanted to show us the mood of a place, or maybe to be precise, or maybe they simply wanted to stop appearing like a smart-ass “look how I’m good” photographer. How to achieve that?
Of course they began to take pictures of the ordinary, empty urban spaces, parking lots, roads and houses. This was much more interesting and “charged” with the sense of a place.
I chose some Stephen Shore‘s pictures. This man makes my eyes stop. I want to wander on the photography. I (ain’t it strange)… breathe. I almost understand WHY the guy stopped there. This shadow. These lines. An horizon. The light of the day!
You’ll find many texts, articles and interviews about him and his influence on the web. Have fun!
Photography: Frogs! Frogs! Frogs!!
Photography: Insects this summer in France. As a kid already I loved these little guys living their lives in the grass. Little soldiers, armed dragons, slow dancers, hidden troops... Have a great day!
Sarlat-La-CanĂ©da is a medieval town in France, near Bordeaux. Yes, it’s a good place to drink wine and eat meals made of ducks and geese (confits and all).
Today I choose to show you the roofs. I took many pictures thus you’ll see streets, forests, rivers and… the cemetery.
I added a little Poulenc because it’s my little obsession of the time.
Have a good day!
Photography: Shy Spring in North of France. Weather stays cold, sunny or grey: cold.
Two days after I met this cat. What’s his name? What does he think? Is he angry? Why? What does he think?
Fshhh
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Thomas Struth, born in 1954, is a German photographer.
I read about him (he loves museums, he loves “series” of photos, he shows large formats) and I watched his pictures, but I couldn’t find or decide why I stayed… but I stayed, and kept exploring his work.
This tropism, when you discover something, you don’t know why you insist exploring it, because obviously you don’t know why you like it, but you like it!
Is it because of this street :
Or this road :
Or these people watching… what :
Or this city :
Like Jeff Wall, he :
These photos stop me. They have something I don’t understand.
I have this inner smile.
Well, I think I’ll need a book…
Thanks for reading!
Photography : Empty French Streets, March 21, 2020. It’s forbidden to go outside because of the coronavirus but I had to, for cat food. I took me cam and these streets :
Photography : Spring in French Streets. I had to go outside to get food for the cat. I took my cam and I saw spring!
Photography : Blurry lights in Paris tube
Photography : 8 skies in Dieppe, Normandy, France, 2007.
You can see my work here : https://qeht.photo.blog/
Photography : January Lights in France
Other pictures in my other blog : https://qeht.photo.blog/2020/01/17/photography-how-to-windows-in-winter/
Photography : Chimneys & Skies 2/2 – November December 2019
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Photography : Chimneys & Skies 1/2 – November December 2019
My photoblog : https://qeht.photo.blog/
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone”
B. Pascal
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