Tag:Photography
photography The Family of Man A visit to the iconic photo exhibition in Clervaux, Luxembourg The Family of Man was an ambitious photo exhibition curated by Edward Steichen, the director of the photography department at the New York City Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). It is considered the “largest photographic undertaking ever undertaken” and consists of 503 photographs taken by 273 photographers, both professional and amateur photographers, famous and unknown, from 68 countries. The Family of Man was exhibited in […]
Photography We are Europe A visit to the photo exhibition “We are Europe” in Cultuurcentrum Mechelen of the Belgian photographer Lieve Blancquaert Lieve Blancquaert is a Belgian photographer, journalist and documentary filmmaker. She is socially very involved in the fight against injustice, especially against women. She has written or collaborated on twenty books. Her work has been shown at many exhibitions, mainly in Belgium. Lieve Blancquaert has also made beautiful documentaries for television. It is impressive to read on her […]
Murals – A form of public art (II) During our campertrip in late summer 2023 we came across beautiful murals in two small villages in Spain, in respectively Caltojar and Villangómez in Castilla y León. More information can be found in our Travelogue under BLOG.
Pilgrimage in Spain Santiago de Compostela Photo impressions of our visit to Santiago de Compostela, the most important pilgrimage site in the world after Jerusalem and Rome. It is a beautiful city, with a lot of atmosphere and colour thanks to the pilgrims who have completed the difficult pilgrimage, each with their own story.
Country Series Portugal This is the third publication in our country series. Our intention is to share with you in one page our relation with the pertinent country. Our relationship with Portugal We both became interested in Portugal when, on 25 April 1974, the Carnation Revolution broke out in Portugal, transferring Portugal into a democratic country. In 1976, the first democratic elections were held, and the sympathetic Mário Soares became prime minister. By chance, Yvonne was there when Soares arrived by train […]
travelogue Spain and Portugal 2023 (2) Travelogue of our camper trip through Spain and Portugal that we made in August and September 2023 with a stop in Normandy in France Although the plan was to travel to the Lofoten in Norway this summer, we had to change our plans and instead we travelled to the south of Europe. We first spent a few days in Normandy in France and then we went south to Spain and Portugal. Our visits to […]
Murals – A form of public art (I) A mural is an ancient form of artwork that consists of painting directly onto a wall or ceiling surface. More and more we come across this this form of public art in cities but also in small towns and villages. We hope to capture and build up a nice collection of these beautiful pieces of art.
Every picture tells a story Capturing special moments with our camera Various topics related to photography will be featured here First experiment with AI in Photoshop and Lightroom In the last months I have tried the AI options in both LR and PS to edit some of our photos which needed some serious editing to remove distracting persons. In some of the touristic hotspots photos are sometimes just not good because people are all over the place. Having said that, […]
travelogue Spain and Portugal 2023 Travelogue of our camper trip through Spain and Portugal, that we made in early spring 2023. In the winter period we both suffer from the winter blues. A good remedy for this is to look for the warmth of the sun and that is what we did. At the beginning of March, we left for Southern Europe to the border area of Spain and Portugal. The weather gods were good to us and during the […]
Photography Anton Corbijn – Ikonen IKONEN presents a selection of his portrait photographs and brings three unseen series to Antwerp Last week I visited the exhibition IKONEN by the Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn in the beautiful Handelsbeurs (Trade Fair) of Antwerp. Anton Corbijn is considered as one of the most influential photographers of our time, both in the music world and in portrait photography. IKONEN presents a selection of his portrait photographs and brings three unseen series to Antwerp: Cemeteries – Intriguing […]
