I bought a tombstone for my father a while back. Had his name and date of birth engraved on it. No date of death, though, he’s still quite young. Well, young for his age. — I presented the tombstone to him the other day. No special occasion, I think it was a Wednesday. I said ...
Didn’t ask for his name. Or how long he’d been selling books. — The bookseller of Oud Amsteldam. — What’s your story? Do the books sell? Why books? Have you read any of them? Can you pay rent? Do you need to make a sale? What keeps you going? Are you tired? Do you own ...
Green as blood, repugnant pink, sophist blue—blueish? Silk-soot-shine, grey as wanting eyes. Red is just what it is: love, loathing, fast cars. Heat as in indigo, maroon marine and sea of seas of high water. Tan, because it becomes you and your ruby smile. Lame as lime, your arguments won’t sway me or my magenta ...
I take pleasure in this. I take pleasure in this. I take pleasure in this. I take pleasure in this. I take pleasure in this. — Really? Do you? — I’m supposed to take pleasure in this. I need to take pleasure in this. I’d better take pleasure in this. I want to take pleasure ...
The plunge was brutal. A near-death experience. But then—what do I know about what death is like? – I’ve lost my vision temporarily, and my senses took refuge in the tips of my fingers. The bay was about seven hundred and one meters wide across. – Aeons ago, someone said to me: “You must swim ...
A laugh. A reverb. I know you’re happy. Tried taking hold of your hand. No. Tried grabbing your hand. No. I reached for your hand. That’s it. Reaching. In any case, you chose to swim free, all by yourself, leaving me behind. Leaving me content. I taught you nothing——probably——yet fun was had, lessons learnt and ...
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I bought a tombstone for my father a while back. Had his name and date of birth engraved on it. No date of death, though, he’s still quite young. Well, young for his age. — I presented the tombstone to him the other day. No special occasion, I think it was a Wednesday. I said …
The plunge was brutal. A near-death experience. But then—what do I know about what death is like? – I’ve lost my vision temporarily, and my senses took refuge in the tips of my fingers. The bay was about seven hundred and one meters wide across. – Aeons ago, someone said to me: “You must swim …
Male character, in his 40-early 50s. Auditioners should have (or be able to put on) contemporary New York accent. Actor must be able to grow thick beard and sweat on cue. Role requires ability to show ambition (including capacity for parricide) and to perform mundane tasks in barn. Actor must be ready to betray close …
In the quiet stillness of the woods, the little girl’s eyes sparked with joy as she witnessed the deer jumping through the meadow. Memories of Bambi’s tale stirred in her mind. As she grows up, she learns that there is tragedy, beauty, and joy in the journey to adulthood.
It was a paternal kiss, rather than anything else. – I don’t like it when you kiss me in public. – It wasn’t even a kiss proper. My lips barely touched your forehead. – We got shouted at anyway. – Little shit punk. We must ignore them. – You think we got shouted at because …
Good afternoon, sir. – Hello. – Are you one of us? – It depends… – Depends on what? You’re either one of us or not. – Depends on who you are. – We’re the community. We belong. – Ah. Okay. – So, are you one of us then? – I’m not sure. Frankly, I’m not …
in a single day. overnight. sadly repetitive. turning into — exactly what? a facsimile of the maddening sameness. onto itself. myself included. especially and irrevocably locked.
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Almost there! All good things come to an end and this day we are heading back towards the airport. But a lot can still happen in one day, the route is still long. The three cars travelled separately to meet again in the evening and celebrate the trip all together one last time, with style, …
I kept the best for the end. If you know me and my photographic interests, you must have seen it coming! One of the goals of this trip was also to observe the Artic night light show, the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. We got lucky enough to see them twice during the week there. …
That day we went to Jokulsarlon Glacier area. We did some photography stops on the way there, to admire some waterfalls and glaciers, and reflection of mountains and vivid autumn vegetation in puddles. While arriving on our main site for the day, the group split around to observe the glacier, its lagoon and the icebergs …
When you are introduced because you cannot introduce yourself. When you’re spoken to softly to keep up appearances. When you keep staring at your shoes, picking at the hem at the bottom of your jumper. When you want to rewind — go back, go blank — just for a minute or two, thinking she’d be …
I have already mentioned how much I enjoyed the Autumn colours, and I may do it again. But that day, Black & White reigned over our main stops and it was for the best. We first stopped to see the Solheimajokull glacier. Due to its movement, the glacier has taken over mud from the moraine, …
This was the wettest day of the trip, with water falling both the the sky and from the glacier, rain and waterfalls. We started our trip to the South Coast of Iceland on that day, and stopped to the two most famous waterfalls of the area, Seljalandsfoss and Skogafoss. A part of the group also …
On the next day, despite unfavorable weather conditions, our group drove to the North of Reykjavik towards the Snaefellsnes peninsula. On the way, we had several short photographic stops on the way along the sea side, mountains, horse ranch and several waterfalls. In the peninsula, we first stopped at the most famous site the Kirkjufell …
The day after visiting Reykjavik, our group explored the Golden Circle, the most popular and iconic tour in the South West of the island. The Golden circle route goes to three main sites, Thingvellir National Park (limit between and European and American tectonic plates), Geysir (natural hot springs active every few minutes) and Gullfoss (one …
The fireworks should have gone off right after the clock chimed midnight, marking the new year. But they didn’t. I only managed to fire them at 1.37am instead—I had an issue accessing the fuse. Three pinkish-purplish streaks of sparkles shooting off in quick succession into a very grey but not fully black night sky over …
In September, I participated in a group tour to Iceland. The trip was initiated by a dynamic Photoresk member, and joined by photography enthusiastics, hikers and curious friends of friends. The group met in Brussels Zaventem Airport, new encounters or reunion with our fellow travellers. We flew together to Iceland International airport in Keflavik in …
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