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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200 | 201 days of uninterrupted daily writing and still going strong
Continuing the trend from yesterday, which was day 200(!) in this Monologue
series by the way, we enjoy the day
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199 | A first person view of what a Sunday should be
You wake up a little crusty after a good night of entertainment. You shake it
off with the help of
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198 | Many levels of meta
Sometimes when there aren’t any particular events of interest in a day, one has
no choice but to go
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197 | A little TLC for myself
Without any particular reason, I was a little out of it today. Things were
either taking too long or going
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196 | Not today guys
Not today guys. I got a few too many things on my plate that require focus.
Thankfully, as a photographer,
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195 | I tried to formulate a mission statement
Today marks the day where I tried to properly formulate a mission statement for
the first time. An idea I’
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194 | Unstructured noise
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193 | An interesting congregation of vegetation
What now? Another ‘About The Photo’ today
[https://www.instagram.com/p/CRPFhrWtwrP/]? That makes two in a row. Is
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192 | Alright, what do we have here
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Let me answer that question myself right away: yes
it has!
With
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191 | Let us quickly recap the week
Let us quickly recap the week and its intended planning, now that the final day
looms over us. Without going
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190 They are testing me for what? Nothing
Went for my first COVID test today because I want to photograph an event tonight
and tomorrow. Then the government
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189 | Back in the old days
Back in the old days things were much simpler. Uncomplicated at all times. Well,
most of the times at least.
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188 | Another try tomorrow
Another try tomorrow! Utrecht as my playground and my hopes back up again.
Shuffling through my work from Tuesday, I
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187 | Returning home
A few words I wrote on the way back home. These are not to be taken seriously.
They are a
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186 | Scheduling my time off for peace of mind
It’s my week off, starting today, but I also need to finish up a job as wel.
That’s
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185 | Wonderful, blissful silence
Wonderful, blissful silence.
Crisp, fresh air flowing around me.
Raindrops tapping steadily on the window.
Thunder rumbling through the sky.
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184 | Out there, blooming
Do you have any idea how many people I see being out there? Finally out there.
The sight of it
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183 | The efflorescence
The efflorescence. It’s upon us. Bound to happen. Will it be now? Is this really
the moment we’ve