Lucas Dewaele, dagboek

Over fotografie en leven.

Month: April, 2015

Unavoidable marketing strategy.

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‘One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.

Teju Cole

 

 

 

Unavoidable ambiance.

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http://www.dedirecteurswoning.be/

 

 

 

Vivisection of an encountering frame of mind.

Unavoidable evidence.

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“One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.”
― Diane Arbus

 

 

 

Flemish towns to avoid (139)

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Unavoidable walking attitude.

ambiance

“The photographer does the world a great disservice when he leaves his camera at home.”
― Mark Denman

P.s. I know some photography ‘teachers’ without a camera or even without the spirit to make photographs – and being proud of it….:)

 

 

Flemish towns to avoid (138)

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Academic circumstances.

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The man who lost a leg….

…. while drinking and being photographed.

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“Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.”
― David Alan Harvey

The occurence of walking the streets.

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Flemish towns to avoid (137)

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Giorgina & Comrade

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“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”
― Karl Lagerfeld

I learned to talk to strangers.

(My Fuji taught me)

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http://www.dedirecteurswoning.be/

Flemish towns to avoid (136)

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Unavoidable world*

*where we find the right chemicals.

hotel-mondo

 

Tonight’s lesson (never ends).

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Nullify reality.

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(La Panne, two sides of reality, at the seaside, in the sunlight)

To produce an authentic contemporary document, the visual impact should be such as will nullify explanation.Robert Frank

Unavoidable town*

*where I was born, to long ago

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Winter no more.

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The unconscious obsession that we photographers have is that wherever we go we want to find the theme that we carry inside ourselves.

Graciela Iturbid

Unavoidable village*

*mine. Untruthful view.

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Flemish towns to avoid (135)

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Preparing another exhibition (5)

‘Props and Circumstances’, De Spil, Roeselare, 16-30 mei 2015.

(I show only rejected* work. *Names of teaching rejectors-experts later on)

 

Thinking of Ed van der Elsken

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Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990)

Flemish towns to avoid (134)

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Preparing another exhibition (4)

‘Props and Circumstances’, De Spil, Roeselare, coming soon.