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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✦ December
341 | A statement, for the hell of it
Am I not, a god on the camera?
I seriously thought about leaving at that for today's entry
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✦ December
340 | Reorganized my home office, again
Reorganized my home office, again. This time though, I sort of got it to a point
where I can also
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✦ December
339 | The Great Divide is not for me
You can not go on a protest to call for unity. Your protest is inherently
pushing for the opposite. But
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✦ December
338 | December 4th
December 4th. Jay-Z's birthday. I don't know why I know that but I just do. For
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✦ December
337 | The things I do for my craft
The wind was blowing so hard, drops from the water reached all the way up to the
few uncovered parts
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✦ December
336 | Verbs, verbing, verbalizing
Finishing the image licensing page. For now. Looking at the changing colours in
the sky. Further tagging and categorising the
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✦ December
335 | Working out image licensing
I’ve been planning to setup a proper structure to license my images to
companies, brands and anybody else who
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✦ November
334 | The pandemic is a big distraction of our real issues and we're all too dumb to notice
Rainy day. Sad, rainy day. One of those days that serve as a reminder you are living on the top
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✦ November
333 | Mondays are for working
Mondays are for working. Office working. Not the most inspirational of tasks,
but definitely a necessary one. Also not one
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✦ November
332 | Sore legs and few steps
The effects of yesterday’s walk are strongly present in my legs. Therefore it
won’t come as a surprise
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✦ November
331 | Finishing up business in the north
I admit, I felt like a mad man when I looked out the window this morning. At the
same time,
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✦ November
330 | Facts to a fool
Presenting facts to a fool will not change a fool’s mind because a fool is not
interested in the
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✦ November
329 | It’s 3 am and I keep tossing and turning
It’s 3 am and I keep tossing and turning. Can’t seem to fall into a deep sleep.
Vivid
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✦ November
328 | It was very necessary
It is very necessary. Especially after the way I have been pumping myself up all
morning. Will I take a
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✦ November
327 | We all secretly want to be cats, don't we?
The way this cat is laying down all relaxed right now, I wish I was a cat. But I
think
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✦ November
326 | Mentally closing the year prematurely
To be honest, I'm already working my way towards closing the year. It's strange,
because 2021
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✦ November
325 | The Morning
The Weeknd - The Morning, on repeat in my head. Though, despite the hedonistic
theme of the song, my Sunday
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✦ November
324 | The spirit of winter
Winter is not officially here but its spirits are certainly felt already. The
changes in light immediately draw me back