Beautiful images Gery ... love the one with the rain in particular. As to where walking around at night, yeh - I've never worried too much about it - I suppose many years in London have toughened me up and made me savvy. I think the secret is to never be complacent or an idiot - you just make sure you keep alert. Cornwall, in comparison, is a breeze ...
I'm from Mexico City and that's a big no for us. Since I moved to Europe 20 years ago and living in Spain, Croatia and now England, it's never been a problem as long as one is always alert but I've heard stories from close friends and relatives.
thanks for the compliment, Xavi. Mexico he? I only can imagine. I have some experience walking around at night in the hot barrios of Brussels (Molenbeek, Zwarte Vijvers), but I was always accompanied by a Moroccan friend who lives there and never had a real unsafe moment. I wouldn't do it on my own, since most of the ppl I met thought I'm a cop at first. In other shabby neighbourhoods I mostly show my camera, the kind of pictures I take and the outcome is mostly always I end up photographing them. On one occasion I had to push and swing my way out: a 14 year old kid with a knife, high on speed, but he was retained by his friends who in the end beat him down. And then I took their gang picture and afterwards sent it to them :D
Wow, what a story! Yeah, you never know and the streets are the greatest teachers for situations like this. It's all about body language, eye contact and keeping your cool.
Beautiful images Gery ... love the one with the rain in particular. As to where walking around at night, yeh - I've never worried too much about it - I suppose many years in London have toughened me up and made me savvy. I think the secret is to never be complacent or an idiot - you just make sure you keep alert. Cornwall, in comparison, is a breeze ...
Same for me: I grew in Brussels, compared to that Gent is super secure.
Me, too, Richard, the rain photo.
Nice piece, stunning black and white work!
I'm from Mexico City and that's a big no for us. Since I moved to Europe 20 years ago and living in Spain, Croatia and now England, it's never been a problem as long as one is always alert but I've heard stories from close friends and relatives.
thanks for the compliment, Xavi. Mexico he? I only can imagine. I have some experience walking around at night in the hot barrios of Brussels (Molenbeek, Zwarte Vijvers), but I was always accompanied by a Moroccan friend who lives there and never had a real unsafe moment. I wouldn't do it on my own, since most of the ppl I met thought I'm a cop at first. In other shabby neighbourhoods I mostly show my camera, the kind of pictures I take and the outcome is mostly always I end up photographing them. On one occasion I had to push and swing my way out: a 14 year old kid with a knife, high on speed, but he was retained by his friends who in the end beat him down. And then I took their gang picture and afterwards sent it to them :D
Wow, what a story! Yeah, you never know and the streets are the greatest teachers for situations like this. It's all about body language, eye contact and keeping your cool.
No black without light
No dark without dark
pas d'ombre sans masse
pas de masse sans lumière (E=MC² )
The light is awesome in each single shot!
the light ... or the absence of light? ;)