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France 1997: Street Scene Arles

A street musician performing in front of a historic building, surrounded by a diverse audience seated on the steps and nearby sidewalk, creating a lively urban atmosphere.
France, Arles – August 1997

A street scene at the Rencontres d’Arles in 1997. Arles is a beautiful town, with a long history dating back to the Romans. And of course Vincent van Gogh lived and worked there for a year and produced a now famous painting of a terrace at night.

LAPC #417 is ‘Memories’. Sometimes the LAPC themes coincide with my ‘planning’ for my blog. The last weeks I am looking back into my archive of photographic memories. And this is one of them.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.


Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version.

Maltese Music Parade

Malta, Valetta – September 2010

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #407 is ‘celebrations around the world’.

A view from Mellieha on Malta. A band marching the Main Street. I’m still not sure about the occasion.

Shot with Nikon D7000, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Genesis Inspiration: Photographing the Moon with iPhone

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2025

One of my favorite bands is Genesis. In 1976 A Trick of the Tail came out with a beautiful song ‘Mad Man Moon’. Last month I tried to take a shot of the moon using my iPhone. And this is the result.

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Peter Gabriel Amsterdam

Some iPhone shots of the Amsterdam show of the i/o tour, a fabulous show of Peter Gabriel and his wonderful band. The artwork was amazing to watch, each song got a different artful backdrop. When you are 73 years old and still able to touch people this way, creating new work.

Visiting concerts like this makes me dream of being able to bring a proper camera and shoot it from the front of the stage and backstage as a concert photographer. That would be wonderful and challenging. Now it is a look from the distance meeting the limitations of the iPhone; which is by itself a really remarkable camera.

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version