Wedding DJ
A while ago, I shot the wedding of a great friend of mine in the Alentejo, in Portugal. The setting was amazing, in the middle of nature, on an old farm he renovated to be…
2009–2012
Journal
Photographs, fragments and encounters from the road.
Bica
While we were waiting for the first game of Portugal in the 2012 European championships to start, a Spanish dancer and artist walked by with a big trolley. Thinking she was a…
Werchter
Temperatures are going up everywhere in the Northern hemisphere, and it's goodbye winter and hello summer before we know it. I was looking through some work of the last months and…
Kalandula
I took this photo at the Kalandula falls, not too far from the city of Malange, in the center of Angola. What you see is part of, and probably to some extent the result of, a…
Friends
I found these two while I was roaming the streets of Huambo, in the middle of Angola. This area suffered greatly during the war, and the episodes people have been telling me are…
Jorge Tristão
I'm back in Luanda, organizing for a journey across the country. Yesterday night, I was downtown at a the Zanzibar, for an expat's farewell party, and I say this guy. He was…
Room with a view
Looking out or looking in? A look outside, or is it a peak inside? Sharing a moment with an imaginative or a real person? I took this picture at a friend's place while I was in…
Ken
This week I made a selection of photographs made in Belgium for a collective exhibition in March, based on the theme "shared pleasures" and I came across this old favorite of…
Ferry
This is the ferry boat across the Tagus river. It takes thousands of people into Lisbon every morning and back out again in the evening to Almada, or as we jokingly say amongst…
Mural
I spotted this mural last month while I was in Água de Madeiros. In the middle of the rubble of a construction site (probably adding yet another extension to an existing…
Rotselaar
I was recently in Belgium on short notice for a job, and took a week to visit my family and some friends. One of the people I surprised was my mother, who lives in Rotselaar,…
José Clemente
They sat me next to José Clemente on the bus last weekend, on a day out with Sunday school. At first he kept pretty quiet, but after a while he started telling me his life's…
Karina
I met Karina Silva in Luanda in June, where I interviewed her for a piece I did on Angolan women. A couple of days ago, I got a call from an agency asking me if I was available to…
Sisi
> Yesterday I was in Porto for my daughter Helena's birthday pick-nick. It's always a good occasion to see old friends again, and I was very happy to meet Sisi there. She's one of…
July 21st
> For the Belgians amongst us, the 21st of July is independence day. Not that it's being celebrated that much in Belgium, but for us, Belgians abroad, it's always a sign of a…
Holidays
> Back in Portugal, I visited my youngest sister who is on vacation in the Alentejo region for a couple of weeks. They rented a house in the countryside for them and their kids.…
Coqueiros
> This is the Luanda Tennis Club next to the Coqueiros stadium. Early in the morning, after work, or in the weekend, people come here to have classes or play a game or two of…
Célia Araújo
> Still in Luanda, where I'm working on a small story on Angolan women. This is Célia Araújo, working mother of four, and student. She spent part of her youth in Portugal and…
Odete Tavares
> This is Odete Tavares, the goalkeeper of the national Angolan handball team
Odete Tavares
> This is Odete Tavares, the goalkeeper of the national Angolan handball team, who became African champions in Egypt in February. I photographed her just before a game of her…
Cidadela
> This is the sight I see when I leave my friend's appartment in the morning. She lives in a building similar to the one in front, on the 12th floor. Since there's no elevator,…
Luanda
> A quick evening sight of Luanda from the Clube Naval on the "ilha". In front is a new stretch of sand where there's going to be some more construction. To the left you can see…
Santo Antoninho
> This is a sweet little square, a couple of steps from where I live. For 11 months of the year, it's either deserted, or populated by hash smoking youngsters from the nearby arts…
Fado night
> You might not notice it from this picture, as the action is taking place behind us, but this is a shot of Fado night at the Vai-Tu association in Lisbon, where every sunday,…
Sare
> This is a portrait of Sare, my oldest sisters' youngest and my goddaughter, sitting on a bench with one of her rabbits. It's late afternoon, and the sun sheds some shy rays.
After winter
> I'm still in Belgium, where sights like these abound. Families' summer stuff still left to be attended to, waiting for warmer days, in gardens, backyards and patios. In a while,…
Before the last show
> My sister and my brother in law, inside the sound/light booth at the Leuvense Stadsschouwburg, minutes before the last show of co.Dans on Sunday night, contemplating the end of…
La Villette
> This morning I woke up in Paris, at the apartment of a Senegalese family, close to La Villette. It's May, but the weather in Northern Europe isn't really showing for it. Here's…
Mother
> Today, I visited my mother at her home in the woods, close to where I spent a big chunk of my youth. She was recently declared cured after 5 years of cancer, treatment, ct scans…
Rehearsal
> As tradition dictates, when I'm in Belgium in May, I photograph the ballet shows my sister choreographs. This will be her last with this dance company, so there's some nostalgy…
Sofie
> My girlfriend from when I was 16, my first great love and passion visited me some days ago. We had some wonderful, magical moments, and it is strange how you actually still…
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Aida
> Recently we spent a couple of days in the Alentejo with a couple of friends to escape from the city. Finnish sauna, nature, naturist beach and walks in the country side were…
Helena
> My first upload had to be this creature I love above anyone else. I remember vividly the day she was born and came to claim her place in my universe. My daughter Helena is now…