Coastwork
An unplanned trip to Texel turned into a small field study of a coastline unlike any other. Being there, in the wind and water, brought back my fascination with the ocean and its edges.
Writing
A growing archive of observations on photography, movement, systems, creative work, and paying closer attention to the world.
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How to tell stories online
For years I thought I was simply exploring and taking photos. Only later did I realize I was repeating a pattern: go out, collect, return, interpret, publish, repeat. This issue maps the loop that turns wandering into a creative practice.
Mexico, a retrospective
A look at a country I like a lot, but no longer love. And "it's not you, it's me" I want to tell it, if countries had ears to hear it. Because it really is me and who I am today. But, who knows, another 10 years might do wonders.
Newer Topographics
Why take it upon myself to dedicate my time and energy towards a goal that isn’t even clearly visible from the beginning. Will it matter if I don’t? What do I contribute, do I want to contribute? Why? To what? Again, why?
It's all out there, right now
A good beach has white sand, they tell you. Preferably as finely grained as possible. Like a powder that's sprinkled on the edges of the land. The frosting on the cake, if you will.
The glorious, life-invigorating act of walking
When I first landed on Craig Mod's website and read he describes himself as a 'writer, photographer, and walker,' I was a little confused. What the hell does it mean to 'be a walker'?
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Public transport fiasco
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Sun-kissed
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267 | A (few) word(s) a day #05
Itinerary-switch (and that’s totally fine).
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Exploration
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De Lens Loves You and De Ontluiking
In this issue I have more things to sell (watch me try to navigate a sales pitch without making you feel like you are mere customers to me) and I have a, rather big, announcement to make.
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265 | A (few) word(s) a day #03
I have time so I will make this story a little longer than one word today. The
rules are mine
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Siesta
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Excitedly tired
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262 | This man can use a break
Importing photos from the cameras onto my computer. Sync them all up to the
cloud. Don’t look at the
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261 | Out shootin’ (part 2)
Hey friends, it’s another day and we’re out shooting for De Ontluiking again.
Two days, one story. That’
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260 | Out shootin'
Today, I just want to implore you to go and read the story on ontluiking.nl.
I’ll be out
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259 | LIVE! We are live!
LIVE! We are live! If you know any Dutch words — though preferably a lot of them
— you can read a
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258 | A draft, in the inbox
A draft, in the inbox. That was the main objective for today. It wasn’t mine to
make happen as
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257 | Tinkering, releasing, producing, synthesizing, vacationing
I can’t stop tinkering. I just can’t I’m a little too excited. Possibly for
nothing. Nevertheless, I
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256 | How I set up my Fujifilm film simulations
I only use two film simulations on my Fujifilm cameras: Classic Chrome and Acros+R for color and black & white shots respectively. I use heavily modified variations of Fuji X Weekly recipes for both.
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255 | Something’s bubbling again
Something’s bubbling again. I can’t describe it. There are no words, yet. All I
have is the feeling.
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254 | Two things (again)
I’m sitting in an Indian restaurant and I truly appreciate the pragmatism that
rules here. The food is great,
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253 | Synthesizing
Doing the work is only half of the work. The other half is synthesizing it,
turning it into something more