Band shoot with the lovely & talented Ziggy a couple of weeks ago… it was so icy that I literally couldn’t straighten my shutter finger for a while (and they were out there in t-shirts!).
The Ziggy Way
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Daytripping in Charleroi
Most people know of Charleroi as the Brussels “Ryanair airport” (ie – an expensive 45min Ryanair-owned coach ride into town) … in fact, Charleroi is the largest Walloon and third largest Belgian city (just over 200,000 inhabitants) but struggles economically (27% of the population earn less than €10 000 a year compared to 17% nationally). The infrastructure desperately needs updating, and the mix of empty rundown buildings and flashy neon lights is pretty grim. It was once a busy mining town which goes some way to explaining all of the above and which also accounts for the hordes of second and third generation Italian families that pepper this area of the country. I headed there last Sunday with Emilie & Ari for a little shooting session… a few more on this flickr set
October 21 2011
And warm Madrid it is. Visiting Tom, Becs & my little niece Maya who live conveniently close to the airport. I haven’t seen Maya since last September so quite a change – she knows loads of words, understands pretty much everything, runs around like she’s on a mission, laughs constantly – very lovable. I didn’t shoot anything in Madrid yet, so here’s one from the am in Brussels.
July 5 2011
Couple of shots from yesterday at Belgo Belge because I didn’t shoot anything fun today. Sat at my desk plowing through my admin. Mireille and Ma over for dinner to discuss South Africa plans. I’m heading to Cape Town on the 15th to shoot the EI congress and we’re staying on for an extra week of holidaying, so should be nice! I want to see penguins.
June 16 2011
Probably the ugliest church in Brussels. It looks like someone is standing up there… but my zoom wasn’t big enough to confirm this impression! Feeling unfairly hungover today – the ageing process is no fun at all! François popped in for lunch and I more or less managed to get through my most pressing todos today (involved a meeting close to this church… for context!) before crashing in front of telly.
May 24 2011
Fred & Anna in town. Fred moved to Miami last year, in search of sun and glitz, both of which he seems to have found. We met for lunch at Le Comptoir and then cruised around town a little. Spent the rest of the day nose to the grind…
May 8 2011
Lazy morning before convening with the girls, guys, babies and dogs in the Parc Tenbosch for another sunny picnic – v lucky with the weather this weekend! We didn’t have much of a plan B, which is probably not a good move in Brussels. chilled there until it was time for the Paris crew to head back – dropped Noemi off at the station and headed home to do nothing. Having a bit of camera breather – not feeling like taking it everywhere with me, so a random rainbow photo today – it’s actually a couple of years old, shot from the balcony of my old flat.
January 19 2011
