As I do each year, I’ve produced a calendar with some of my favourite images from the past 12 months.

Cover

The 11th-century abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, in the Pyrenees of French Catalonia, September 2024.
RICOH GR III, 28mm equivalent lens, 1/200 sec at f/8.0, ISO 160

January

Sheltering from a downpour in the doorway of a bookshop, Paris, May 2024.
Leica Q2 Monochrom, 28mm lens, 1/250 sec at f/4.0, ISO 400

February

Brussels Pride Parade, May 2024.
Nikon Z 9, 24mm f/1.8 S lens, 1/640 sec at f/6.3, ISO 400

March

Kaito Winse performing for Muziekpublique at La Signare in Brussels’ Matonge district as part of the Look@Matongé festival, June 2024.
Nikon Z 9, 85mm f/1.8 S lens, 1/250 sec at f/3.5, ISO 3200

April

Street scene, Castillon-la-Bataille, south-west France, August 2024.
RICOH GR III, 28mm equivalent lens, 1/200 sec at f/8.0, ISO 160

May

Making pizza outdoors in Parc Saint-François, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, July 2024.
Nikon Z 9, 50mm f/1.8 S lens, 1/250 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200

June

Neighbours’ children during our co-housing’s weekend away in the country, April 2024.
Leica Q2 Monochrom, 28mm lens, 1/125 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200

July

August

Daniel Dzidzonu of The Pan-African Brothers in performance at Pianofabriek, Brussels, March 2024.
Nikon Z 9, 85mm f/1.8 S lens, 1/250 sec at f/2.2, ISO 1600

September

Painting in Parc Saint-François, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, July 2024.
Nikon Z 9, 24mm f/1.8 S lens, 1/320 sec at f/3.5, ISO 200

October

Jeroen Baert playing with Sara Salverius at Paraplufabrique, as part of Muziekpublique’s Hide & Seek Festival, August 2024.
Nikon Z 9, 300mm f/2.8G lens, 1/300 sec at f/3.5, ISO 1600

November

On the bridge at the entrance to the fortified town of Villefranche-de-Conflent, in the French Pyrenees, September 2004.
RICOH GR III, 28mm equivalent lens, 1/200 sec at f/8.0, ISO 500

December

Suspended dancers, Résidence Brusilia, Schaerbeek, September 2024.
Nikon Z 9, 85mm f/1.8 S lens, 1/500 sec at f/5.0, ISO 400

I had an incredible 2019, with over 50 paid photographic assignments (so far), a bunch of fascinating voluntary projects, and personal trips to Japan, France, Italy and Spain.

I did a lot of portrait work in the studio and on location, including sessions around Europe for a major prostate cancer awareness campaign. There were weddings, baptisms and confirmations, conferences and corporate events, music and dance performances, documentary projects and street photography. It’s been a blast. Overall, the year’s work amounted to more than 30,000 clicks of my various shutters.

But now October’s here, and it’s time to pick 13 images for the wall calendar that I make each year as a gift for clients, friends and family. I can’t afford to print one for everybody, so I’m going to share the images here with brief notes on the subjects and some explanations of why I chose them.

Cover, January

Cover – Shot for a corporate client at their ‘lucky number’ stand in a Brussels street party. This guy wasn’t so lucky!

January – Harpist Alejandra Paniagua from the fabulous Mexican folk band La Calandria playing at Muziekpublique.

February-March

February – Over a few weeks in the summer I participated in the Bouwen aan de Zomer summer project organised for local kids by community origanisations in Saint-Josse.

March – This is from a personal project documenting the rather faded charms of Brussels commercial galleries. I like the way the plant is imitating the posture of the statue.

April-May

April – Another of the kids from the community project in Saint-Josse. She just posed for me like that.

May – A museum of modern art in Japan. I like the way the woman’s face is tipped up towards the skylight.

June-July

June – This is one of the prostate cancer sufferers I photographed for the awareness-raising project. They have all been hugely impressive in their determination to break through the taboo surrounding the subject.

July – I loved the session with this young Congolese doctor, currently working to combat malaria in Madagascar. She was 35 the day of the shoot.

August-September

August – The end-of-course performance by students of traditional Congolese dance. I just went with the colour of the stage lighting.

September – This is the back of the Lycée Émile Jacqmain in Brussels’ Parc Léopold. The reflections in the window are of the European Parliament building.

October-December

October – Mother and child. I love the way her hand cradles his head, and her glance into the camera.

November – Belgian Pride parade 2019. I captured this moment of passion through the glass of a bus-stop. I like the way the shapes of the tagging play against the shapes of their faces.

December – The trumpet player of the Cape Verdian band Rabasa which played a hot gig in the recycling centre of Les Petits Riens as part of Muziekpublique’s Hide & Seek festival 2019.

2025 Calendar