<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055</id><updated>2012-02-09T10:27:41.591+01:00</updated><category term='children Zandvliet'/><category term='launderette laundrette'/><category term='tech calibration screen contrast'/><category term='Moorkensplein reading lady sitting'/><category term='Portugees Erasmusstraat'/><category term='astronaut launderette laundrette kureishi'/><category term='Alix &quot;Blade Runner&quot; &quot;Ridley Scott&quot; neo-noir'/><category term='dog Tsjip'/><category term='laundrette launderette Isaac wasserij'/><category term='laundrette launderette wasserij sara child'/><category term='children street outside strobe Kroonstraat family Michelangelo'/><category term='&quot;Michèle Pfeiffer&quot; &quot;Joe McNally&quot; woman sailor'/><category term='leibowitz sopranos lisa gang Platon Dangin'/><category term='engineering laundrette launderette Roland Polish'/><title type='text'>The Neighbours - Swa's wanderings</title><subtitle type='html'>Een fotografische (ver)dwaaltocht langs buren in Borgerhout en ver daarbuiten.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>27</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-366512158285901669</id><published>2012-02-08T10:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T10:35:06.906+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Victims</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Two of his friends agreed to sit for me. Most pictures were shot using ambient light only.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-366512158285901669?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/366512158285901669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=366512158285901669' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/366512158285901669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/366512158285901669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2012/02/victims.html' title='Victims'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E_oOFmjsheg/TzJBgoGCkuI/AAAAAAAAAHY/H23koioCkb0/s72-c/111201-5-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-8401030899634038011</id><published>2012-02-07T15:44:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T15:48:17.030+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Some recent portraits</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nEHNzezza7k/TzE4jtYA9fI/AAAAAAAAAHI/I-EzwEXxkCI/s1600/120106-8rcs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nEHNzezza7k/TzE4jtYA9fI/AAAAAAAAAHI/I-EzwEXxkCI/s320/120106-8rcs2.jpg" width="241" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HSy0ekJa6mY/TzE4lE2VLbI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/5z-XNBZmKPU/s1600/120108-22rcs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HSy0ekJa6mY/TzE4lE2VLbI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/5z-XNBZmKPU/s320/120108-22rcs2.jpg" width="241" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recent work for Psychologies Magazine (on First Love &amp;amp; Optimism), De Nieuwe Antwerpenaar (topsporters going to the Olympics) &amp;amp; OKRA Magazine (Philippe Herreweghe)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.swadeheel.be/"&gt;www.swadeheel.be&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-8401030899634038011?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/8401030899634038011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=8401030899634038011' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/8401030899634038011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/8401030899634038011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2012/02/some-recent-portraits.html' title='Some recent portraits'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-594Wi7zgCWY/TzE4Slqp7WI/AAAAAAAAAF4/GKqGzJWf3Vk/s72-c/111130-73rcs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-4926096820786530641</id><published>2012-02-07T14:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T14:22:57.791+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Ruben as an optimist</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VEl8QOptJEI/TzEkjwXBymI/AAAAAAAAAFw/_vp9qhy7KvA/s1600/111229-1045rcs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VEl8QOptJEI/TzEkjwXBymI/AAAAAAAAAFw/_vp9qhy7KvA/s320/111229-1045rcs.jpg" width="241" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assignment for Psychologies Magazine. Make a series of portraits on optimism. The journalist, Tina De Gendt, found me three optimists. And I tried to come up with a concept for the shoots. Bright colors and a glass which is half full should convey the message, I thought. Here you have one of the three optimists, Ruben Detavernier.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-4926096820786530641?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/4926096820786530641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=4926096820786530641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/4926096820786530641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/4926096820786530641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2012/02/ruben-as-optimist.html' title='Ruben as an optimist'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VEl8QOptJEI/TzEkjwXBymI/AAAAAAAAAFw/_vp9qhy7KvA/s72-c/111229-1045rcs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-3890566066845847756</id><published>2009-07-07T11:05:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T13:08:20.044+02:00</updated><title type='text'>New website</title><content type='html'>Check out my new website : &lt;a href="http://www.swadeheel.be"&gt;www.swadeheel.be&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-3890566066845847756?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/3890566066845847756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=3890566066845847756' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/3890566066845847756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/3890566066845847756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-website_07.html' title='New website'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-2579956781938047620</id><published>2009-05-26T15:51:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-26T15:54:01.941+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Ingrid op haar bouwwerf</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/Shv0B8x6erI/AAAAAAAAAEc/VIqm3I_roqA/s1600-h/90315-32rcesbw.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/Shv0B8x6erI/AAAAAAAAAEc/VIqm3I_roqA/s400/90315-32rcesbw.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340130097510382258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ingrid woont in Borgerhout &amp;amp; zit middenin de zowat volledige verbouwing van haar huis. Of ik een portret mocht maken van haar bij haar... "Maar mijn huis is een werf!" "Ah, dat is interessant."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-2579956781938047620?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/2579956781938047620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=2579956781938047620' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/2579956781938047620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/2579956781938047620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2009/05/ingrid-op-haar-bouwwerf.html' title='Ingrid op haar bouwwerf'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/Shv0B8x6erI/AAAAAAAAAEc/VIqm3I_roqA/s72-c/90315-32rcesbw.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-6212059310903997885</id><published>2009-05-06T16:15:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T16:18:09.529+02:00</updated><title type='text'>On the way back from the laundrette</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SgGbuqB9cCI/AAAAAAAAAEU/8OxEYko50_8/s1600-h/81108-0196rcsp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SgGbuqB9cCI/AAAAAAAAAEU/8OxEYko50_8/s400/81108-0196rcsp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332714659642175522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ik zag Emi Condé helemaal hip - hij leek wel gestyled voor een of ander jongerenmagazine - uit de wasserij aan het Kerkplein komen. Even vragen of ik een foto mocht maken. Dat mocht.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-6212059310903997885?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/6212059310903997885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=6212059310903997885' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/6212059310903997885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/6212059310903997885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2009/05/on-way-back-from-laundrette.html' title='On the way back from the laundrette'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SgGbuqB9cCI/AAAAAAAAAEU/8OxEYko50_8/s72-c/81108-0196rcsp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-348656885643907079</id><published>2009-04-21T11:32:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T12:54:53.905+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Karim</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/Se2S4SjquZI/AAAAAAAAAEM/WALPOjUkGVw/s1600-h/81107-0187rcsp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/Se2S4SjquZI/AAAAAAAAAEM/WALPOjUkGVw/s400/81107-0187rcsp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327075430000933266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Karim Bali in the old Mercedes of a friend. Picture taken around the corner of the Coxplein. Karim speelt zaalvoetbal bij "den Antwaarp" &amp;amp; bij de Rode Duivels.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-348656885643907079?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/348656885643907079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=348656885643907079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/348656885643907079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/348656885643907079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2009/04/karim.html' title='Karim'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/Se2S4SjquZI/AAAAAAAAAEM/WALPOjUkGVw/s72-c/81107-0187rcsp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-1976884534402449321</id><published>2009-04-07T13:25:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T14:25:10.523+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Schoon Volk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SdtGISTa8TI/AAAAAAAAAEE/lzoK_BMWtgc/s1600-h/90129-23rcs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SdtGISTa8TI/AAAAAAAAAEE/lzoK_BMWtgc/s400/90129-23rcs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321924492834566450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ahmed Zizaoui, Consulent Vorming Publiekswerking in het Atlas-gebouw in Borgerhout (B). Atlas centraliseert de voorzieningen van de stad Antwerpen met betrekking tot diversiteit, gelijke kanen en inburgering. Cfr.: &lt;a href="http://www.antwerpen.be/atlas"&gt;http://www.antwerpen.be/atlas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ahmed : "De Sanseveria's staan er niet toevallig. Ze maakten deel uit van een project waar ook tulpen (oorspronkelijk uit Turkije) een rol in speelden. Na het project besloten we de "Vrouwentongen" te laten staan. Ze zijn lelijk, maar zo typisch Vlaams dat het een mooie verwijzing is naar inburgering..."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-1976884534402449321?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/1976884534402449321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=1976884534402449321' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/1976884534402449321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/1976884534402449321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2009/04/schoon-volk.html' title='Schoon Volk'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SdtGISTa8TI/AAAAAAAAAEE/lzoK_BMWtgc/s72-c/90129-23rcs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-6232446997805110721</id><published>2009-03-30T13:57:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T14:04:47.495+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Stoffeerdster gestoffeerd</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SdC0g0nmnwI/AAAAAAAAAD0/ngtNgOFZo7s/s1600-h/80927-9308rcsp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SdC0g0nmnwI/AAAAAAAAAD0/ngtNgOFZo7s/s400/80927-9308rcsp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318949635898121986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Zetelstoffeerster Bea Joppen &amp;amp; haar dochter in het atelier naast de Kringwinkel in de Kroonstraat in Borgerhout.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Zie &lt;a href="http://home.versateladsl.be/vt679518/projecten.html"&gt;http://home.versateladsl.be/vt679518/projecten.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-6232446997805110721?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/6232446997805110721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=6232446997805110721' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/6232446997805110721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/6232446997805110721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2009/03/stoffeerdster-gestoffeerd.html' title='Stoffeerdster gestoffeerd'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SdC0g0nmnwI/AAAAAAAAAD0/ngtNgOFZo7s/s72-c/80927-9308rcsp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-7119511233730399906</id><published>2009-01-07T21:23:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-07T21:32:13.796+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children Zandvliet'/><title type='text'>Zandvliet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SWURDR2_lII/AAAAAAAAADs/rDcZa-0e3kQ/s1600-h/tryptich.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SWURDR2_lII/AAAAAAAAADs/rDcZa-0e3kQ/s400/tryptich.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288652085447857282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have been extremely busy the last few weeks selecting stock pictures from my archives for a new garden book which will be published in spring (don't ask me why the editor only contacted me in December - I don't have a clue). Anyway. Finally a new post. Not sure whether it really fits in 'The Neighbours', but since my children are defenitely part of 'My Wanderings', I think it should be OK. We went to Zandvliet two weeks ago (before the snow) to visit the grave of a dead friend. No no no, I can not tell you who. That's Top Secret. Sorry.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-7119511233730399906?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/7119511233730399906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=7119511233730399906' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/7119511233730399906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/7119511233730399906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2009/01/zandvliet.html' title='Zandvliet'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SWURDR2_lII/AAAAAAAAADs/rDcZa-0e3kQ/s72-c/tryptich.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-7321562023851611105</id><published>2008-12-11T17:38:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T15:28:44.999+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dog Tsjip'/><title type='text'>Tsjip - In Memoriam.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SUFCamLxMxI/AAAAAAAAADk/vrVUnIE9FDg/s1600-h/81204-9979rcbwsp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SUFCamLxMxI/AAAAAAAAADk/vrVUnIE9FDg/s400/81204-9979rcbwsp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278573262948872978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;He was an old dog. He was a nice dog. He was a crazy dog. He barked when he should not. He digged holes where he should not. He went swimming when he should not. And he was getting tired. Very tired. And a bit fuzzy in his head. The story goes that lots of young Tsjips are running around in Brasschaat, dating back from the days when he was young and wild, and still had his balls.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I knew it was about time I made some pictures of him, last week, on Thursday night. I did not get out my flashes - he hated them, was scared of them, thought it was some kind of lightning (which it is, of course - never underestimate the brain of our friend the dog).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The next day, now a week ago, he nicely went to sleep. Forever. Bye Tsjip.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-7321562023851611105?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/7321562023851611105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=7321562023851611105' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/7321562023851611105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/7321562023851611105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/12/tsjip-in-memoriam.html' title='Tsjip - In Memoriam.'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SUFCamLxMxI/AAAAAAAAADk/vrVUnIE9FDg/s72-c/81204-9979rcbwsp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-8714045520824817281</id><published>2008-12-04T22:30:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T11:54:56.255+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Walking down the street one day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/STkIayOKlVI/AAAAAAAAADc/-RdnZP8Gr64/s1600-h/81107-0185rcsp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/STkIayOKlVI/AAAAAAAAADc/-RdnZP8Gr64/s400/81107-0185rcsp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276257694692054354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I was walking down the street one day, oh yeah oh yeah. Looking for victims. Nothing really happening. It takes courage, you know, and inspiration, to walk up to some stranger and say : "Can I ask you something?" "I would like to make a picture of you, is that OK?" Anyhow, I was giving up all hope of having a productive afternoon when this guy walks up to me and asks me whether I would be willing to make a picture of him. And how much that would cost.  I took him around the corner and made this portrait of him. Alseny is his name. He is from Guinnée, has only been living here in Borgerhout for a couple of months, and studies Chemistry in Liège.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For those who care : one on axis second curtain sync flash and a rather slow shutter time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-8714045520824817281?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/8714045520824817281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=8714045520824817281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/8714045520824817281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/8714045520824817281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/12/walking-down-street-one-day.html' title='Walking down the street one day'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/STkIayOKlVI/AAAAAAAAADc/-RdnZP8Gr64/s72-c/81107-0185rcsp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-2975310751905584198</id><published>2008-11-26T23:12:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-04T09:17:14.760+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='leibowitz sopranos lisa gang Platon Dangin'/><title type='text'>Lisa and her gang</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SS3KIHhOFeI/AAAAAAAAADM/FPh9quiSNVo/s1600-h/Lisa+%26+the+7+Johnny+%26+Marina%27s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SS3KIHhOFeI/AAAAAAAAADM/FPh9quiSNVo/s400/Lisa+%26+the+7+Johnny+%26+Marina%27s.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273092979526866402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;First of all : I am not allowed to title this post "Lisa and her gang". So I shall call it "Lisa and her Seven Johnny &amp;amp; Marina's". Late one friday night, Lisa and her gang were getting dressed up for a party at Café d'Anvers. The rumour spread through our house (Lisa is Brit's youngest daughter), and, although we had a guest, I quickly set up a studio &amp;amp; light in our living room (thank you Brit, sorry Ann - or vice versa). The shoot took about 30 minutes. This picture is the result. And no, of course they do not look &amp;amp; behave like this in real life. They just act as "Johnny &amp;amp; Marina's" here. Let's all agree on that.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The picture is by the way composed of six different photos - all made before a black background and lighted with one Elinchrom 600 through a white shoot-through umbrella (camera right, high, 45°, flagged right &amp;amp; under). Triggered by sync cord. One big golden reflection screen camera left. For those who can reverse engineer light : there is one deliberate "mistake" in the picture. Find it and you get rewarded.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The composite picture is inspired by Annie Leibowitz and her group portraits of e.g. "The Soprano's". Saw the documentary on her life and work recently. Fascinating!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Only recently did I discover that these were composite pictures. Read it in my favourite magazine, "&lt;a href="http://www.newyorker.com/"&gt;The New Yorker&lt;/a&gt;", in an interview with PhotoShop wizard &lt;a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_collins"&gt;Pascal Dangin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: 16px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14px;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" line-height: 16px; font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; I also love The New Yorker's star photographer &lt;a href="http://www.platonphoto.com/portraits/politics/index.html"&gt;Platon&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: 16px;font-family:verdana;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: 16px;font-family:verdana;font-size:14px;"&gt;PS : anyone who can give me a good link to a decent site on Annie Leibowitz gets rewarded aswell.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-2975310751905584198?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/2975310751905584198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=2975310751905584198' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/2975310751905584198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/2975310751905584198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/11/lisa-and-her-gang.html' title='Lisa and her gang'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SS3KIHhOFeI/AAAAAAAAADM/FPh9quiSNVo/s72-c/Lisa+%26+the+7+Johnny+%26+Marina%27s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-8383994181922406118</id><published>2008-11-20T21:16:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T21:27:20.211+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laundrette launderette wasserij sara child'/><title type='text'>Sara</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SSXFwN9ZgtI/AAAAAAAAAC8/2mNNxrDeLVE/s1600-h/80926-9243rcP.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SSXFwN9ZgtI/AAAAAAAAAC8/2mNNxrDeLVE/s400/80926-9243rcP.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270836371078611666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Voorlopig laatste in de reeks "My Beautiful Laundrette". Sara (2j) woont achter de hoek van de wasserij (ik heb het de laatste weken nauwlettend in de gaten gehouden : het is ècht wel de mooiste wasserij uit de buurt). Eigenlijk wou ik oorspronkelijk graag haar moeder op de foto, maar die was helaas niet te overtuigen. Maar ik ben wel bijzonder blij met de vrolijke en onbevreesde Sara bovenop de tafel.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-8383994181922406118?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/8383994181922406118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=8383994181922406118' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/8383994181922406118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/8383994181922406118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/11/sara.html' title='Sara'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SSXFwN9ZgtI/AAAAAAAAAC8/2mNNxrDeLVE/s72-c/80926-9243rcP.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-9191342158861300750</id><published>2008-11-14T01:20:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-14T10:11:09.910+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugees Erasmusstraat'/><title type='text'>Jessica &amp; Toro</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SR0_3Ihr3ZI/AAAAAAAAAC0/sIXbysrA3Cg/s1600-h/80927-9279rcsp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SR0_3Ihr3ZI/AAAAAAAAAC0/sIXbysrA3Cg/s400/80927-9279rcsp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268437355507473810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ze zat op een zonnige septemberdag in de Erasmusstraat op haar deurdrempel met een bende kinderen al spelend om haar heen. Ik rijd met mijn fiets die vrolijke bende voorbij en denk : "Hey, een foto!" Tegen dat ik het einde van de korte straat bereikt heb, kan ik mezelf overtuigen om rechtsomkeer te maken... "Mag ik een foto komen maken?" "Euh, hoezo? waarom?" "Awel...". Even vlug mijn materiaal gaan halen dus.&lt;div&gt;Jessica is overigens van Portugese afkomst (je kunt in Borgerhout ècht niet om het multiculturele samenleven heen) &amp;amp; is de derde generatie die in dit huis woont. Verder op de foto : Joaquin (8), Matis (4) en Ali (10).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;En nee, Toro is geen stier. Maar dat had u al begrepen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-9191342158861300750?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/9191342158861300750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=9191342158861300750' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/9191342158861300750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/9191342158861300750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/11/jessica-toro.html' title='Jessica &amp; Toro'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SR0_3Ihr3ZI/AAAAAAAAAC0/sIXbysrA3Cg/s72-c/80927-9279rcsp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-5463341002552791740</id><published>2008-11-08T18:33:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T19:05:31.601+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alix &quot;Blade Runner&quot; &quot;Ridley Scott&quot; neo-noir'/><title type='text'>Alix does not live here anymore</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SRXNpiu9Y0I/AAAAAAAAACk/cu8J-x-Xg8s/s1600-h/81010-9559rcsp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SRXNpiu9Y0I/AAAAAAAAACk/cu8J-x-Xg8s/s400/81010-9559rcsp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266341452861760322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One thing thas has not changed since Alix moved, is that she reminds me of the mysterious Rachael in "&lt;a href="http://bladerunnerthemovie.warnerbros.com/"&gt;Blade Runner&lt;/a&gt;". I had the neo-noir atmosphere of this Ridley Scott film in mind when making this picture.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In real life, Alix is not an experimental replicant, but the oldest daughter of Brit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-5463341002552791740?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/5463341002552791740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=5463341002552791740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/5463341002552791740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/5463341002552791740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/11/alix-does-not-live-here-anymore.html' title='Alix does not live here anymore'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SRXNpiu9Y0I/AAAAAAAAACk/cu8J-x-Xg8s/s72-c/81010-9559rcsp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-7438374741634618747</id><published>2008-11-04T20:44:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T20:58:54.777+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='engineering laundrette launderette Roland Polish'/><title type='text'>Roland as an engineer</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SRCmV0amwLI/AAAAAAAAACc/UtAa6LOO5Xw/s1600-h/80926-9222rcP.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SRCmV0amwLI/AAAAAAAAACc/UtAa6LOO5Xw/s400/80926-9222rcP.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264890858173808818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;Roland Jachimczyk ("Yes, a Polish name") who studies Industrial Engineering in Hoboken (Antwerp) and lives with his girlfriend around the corner of the Beautiful Laundrette.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I love the "engineering-look" of the picture. Could have been made in a nuclear powerplant - if you use your imagination - Well, OK, lots and lots of imagination.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-7438374741634618747?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/7438374741634618747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=7438374741634618747' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/7438374741634618747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/7438374741634618747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/11/roland-roland-jachimczyk-yes-polish.html' title='Roland as an engineer'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SRCmV0amwLI/AAAAAAAAACc/UtAa6LOO5Xw/s72-c/80926-9222rcP.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-5639873149312092357</id><published>2008-10-23T18:43:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T18:47:34.942+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moorkensplein reading lady sitting'/><title type='text'>Jeanette, lezend op het Moorkensplein</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SQCqgdkDXtI/AAAAAAAAACU/rv7v652qgNc/s1600-h/81010-9498rcsp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SQCqgdkDXtI/AAAAAAAAACU/rv7v652qgNc/s400/81010-9498rcsp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260391839437119186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Als ze niet op reis is (China, Marokko...), dan zit ze vaak te lezen op één van de Borgerhoutse pleinen, soms het Krugerplein, hier het Moorkensplein. "Ik ben niet fotogeniek zene!". Dat zeggen ze allemaal!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-5639873149312092357?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/5639873149312092357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=5639873149312092357' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/5639873149312092357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/5639873149312092357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/10/jeanette-lezend-op-het-moorkensplein.html' title='Jeanette, lezend op het Moorkensplein'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SQCqgdkDXtI/AAAAAAAAACU/rv7v652qgNc/s72-c/81010-9498rcsp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-4555481138694969569</id><published>2008-10-16T19:51:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T20:01:47.230+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='launderette laundrette'/><title type='text'>Francisco back in Belgium</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SPeA_X50QGI/AAAAAAAAABs/h4VMollKzTA/s1600-h/80926-9199rc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SPeA_X50QGI/AAAAAAAAABs/h4VMollKzTA/s400/80926-9199rc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257812916214972514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The first to be portrayed in my series of neighbours was Francisco. "I am not really from here." Indeed, Ecuador is quite a long way. Francisco is a biologist who does a 4 months post graduate at the Tropical Institute in Antwerp. He stays - and does his laundry - in Borgerhout. Some 20 years ago he was also in Belgium, while his father was studying for a PhD here. "This country and its people have changed so much. It has become a very rich country", says Francisco.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-4555481138694969569?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/4555481138694969569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=4555481138694969569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/4555481138694969569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/4555481138694969569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/10/francisco-back-in-belgium.html' title='Francisco back in Belgium'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SPeA_X50QGI/AAAAAAAAABs/h4VMollKzTA/s72-c/80926-9199rc.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-394053575891165156</id><published>2008-10-09T18:26:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T19:40:53.177+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='astronaut launderette laundrette kureishi'/><title type='text'>Ousmane as an astronaut</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SO42hsbSVUI/AAAAAAAAABU/JfLJVmx7oSY/s1600-h/80926-9238rcP.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SO42hsbSVUI/AAAAAAAAABU/JfLJVmx7oSY/s400/80926-9238rcP.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255197767677138242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Eerst wou hij - na Roland &amp;amp; Francesco (zie verder) - ook wel op de foto. Of misschien toch niet. Of toch wel... Hij zet zich op mijn vraag aan het roer van de grote wasmachine. Krijgt dan weer schrik, want voorbijgangers kijken met vragende blik naar binnen... Oei, misschien maakt hij zich wel belachelijk. Eerst moet zijn broer op de foto (zie vorige post). En van Ousmane besluit ik vervolgens een astronaut te maken.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nog even over 'My beautiful laundrette'. De film is gebaseerd op een boek &amp;amp; scenario van Hanif &lt;a href="http://www.hanifkureishi.com/"&gt;Kureishi&lt;/a&gt;. Zijn laatste boek, 'Dit moet je weten', is schit-te-rend.  Zij het niet meteen geschikt voor minderjarige stuurlui &amp;amp; astronauten.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;En nog over dit project. Mijn bedoeling is portretten te maken van mensen in mijn buurt. Hoe ver in of buiten Borgerhout die buurt reikt zien we nog wel. Wie die mensen zijn ook. Waar, hoe en wanneer ik hen fotografeer ook. Maar alleszins wil ik alleen 'geposeerde' foto's. Dat wil zeggen : ik vraag eerst toestemming, en maak dan pas een foto. Geen snapshots, geen paparazzi-toestanden. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Alle commentaar is overigens welkom. Onder elk bericht vind je 'COMMENTS' (in het purper) - klik daarop en je kunt een berichtje nalaten. Elke tip over bijzonder mooie, bijzonder lelijke, bijzonder gewone of bijzonder ongewone buurtbewoners is welkom. Ik ben volstrekt niet op zoek naar 'modellen'. Ik vind dat 'de boekskes' al vol genoeg staan met overgepolijste photoshop-mannequins. Ik wil eigenlijk aantonen dat gewone mensen veel interessanter zijn, inclusief hun rimpels, wallen, pukkels en andere oneffenheden. Tot daar de filosofie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-394053575891165156?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/394053575891165156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=394053575891165156' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/394053575891165156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/394053575891165156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/10/ousmane-as-astronaut.html' title='Ousmane as an astronaut'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SO42hsbSVUI/AAAAAAAAABU/JfLJVmx7oSY/s72-c/80926-9238rcP.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-6188628870428370281</id><published>2008-10-06T23:13:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T09:48:25.084+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laundrette launderette Isaac wasserij'/><title type='text'>My beautiful laundrette</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SOqEDTjVSjI/AAAAAAAAABM/kkrSOAAP9ww/s1600-h/80926-9231rcP.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SOqEDTjVSjI/AAAAAAAAABM/kkrSOAAP9ww/s400/80926-9231rcP.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254157107604048434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;De eerste keer dat ik in het kader van dit project mijn stoute schoenen aantrok, en zo maar op een buur afstapte met de vraag : "Mag ik een foto maken van u?", was in de wasserij op de hoek van de Langstraat &amp;amp; de Sergeyselstraat - nu bijna anderhalve week geleden. Nee, ik ben geen klant in de wasserij, maar sinds ik in 1985 "My beautiful laundrette" zag van Stephen Frears, heb ik een zwak voor dat soort etablissementen. Het ritme van de machines (het geluid herinnert me aan mijn jeugd als schipperszoon), de geometrie van de trommels, en vooral : de wilde verscheidenheid van het volk dat er wacht, wast, kletst en vouwt.&lt;div&gt;Ik presenteer ze in een keer of vijf. Om te beginnen Isaac. Isaac was niet mijn eerste slachtoffer in de wasserij, maar hij staat op de foto als stuurman, wat aansluit op Dré als kapitein (ja, natuurlijk heb ik iets met water &amp;amp; schepen &amp;amp; kapiteinen &amp;amp; matrozen). Isaac kwam samen met zijn jonger broertje (die volgt) de was ophalen... en wou wel op de foto. Vooral om aan zijn broertje te tonen dat dat wel OK was, want die durfde zelf niet goed, zeker niet als eerste.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For the tech-freaks : main : ambient (big window behind camera + camera right); 1 speedlight through white umbrella pointed at the background; effect : 1 bare speedlight at 24mm in the washing machine to emphasize the silver glow of the "steering wheel".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-6188628870428370281?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/6188628870428370281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=6188628870428370281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/6188628870428370281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/6188628870428370281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-beautiful-laundrette.html' title='My beautiful laundrette'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SOqEDTjVSjI/AAAAAAAAABM/kkrSOAAP9ww/s72-c/80926-9231rcP.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-6563695282622157817</id><published>2008-10-02T19:42:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T19:48:05.765+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dienstmededeling</title><content type='html'>For all those who visited my portfolio : have another look in a few days. I am working hard to put the contrast of all the pictures "right", so that they look good on "average" house, garden &amp;amp; kitchen monitors, in stead of just on my wrongly calibrated screen.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dank u voor uw geduld. En binnenkort gaan we wat minder technisch zeveren, en wat méér foto's maken in de buurt. Ik heb nog een hele lijst van mensen die ik graag op de foto wil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-6563695282622157817?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/6563695282622157817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=6563695282622157817' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/6563695282622157817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/6563695282622157817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/10/dienstmededeling.html' title='Dienstmededeling'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-8758187912147779358</id><published>2008-10-01T11:34:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T13:42:11.720+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tech calibration screen contrast'/><title type='text'>Arrrrrrrgggghhh !!!! Screen calibration &amp; contrast</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SSf-FXGgShI/AAAAAAAAADE/0KLtVWCZCV8/s1600-h/80929-9409rcP.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SSf-FXGgShI/AAAAAAAAADE/0KLtVWCZCV8/s400/80929-9409rcP.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271461256914553362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I just discovered that untill now ALL of you, see ALL of my pictures ALL of the time with much less contrast than I intented them... Whereas on my own fancy calibrated CRT screen, they look(ed) perfect. Left you see now (hopefully) how Dré as Captain Haddock should look. Below (previous post) you see him in low contrast how he should NOT look.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The reason behind this? For years I have calibrated on a more or less regular basis my LaCie screen with Pantone Spider &amp;amp; Optical. Very good software for color calibration. However, if you use the standard procedure (in stead of the "precision" mode) you (can) get a completely exagerated contrast on your screen, which no one else has on his screen... So everybody sees your pictures with a lot less contrast than yourself. Which is disastrous. Especially if you send some portfolio pictures to Photo Editors, Art Directors &amp;amp; the like. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Arrrggghhh. I am gonna drown myself. And then I am gonna get it all fixed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To tell you how bad it was. Untill 10 minutes ago, I thought the background of the &lt;a href="http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/"&gt;Strobist&lt;/a&gt; blog was black, because on my screen it was, well, euh.... black. And now I discover it is grey?! I mean, am I stupid?!? I am afraid dear, that yes, you are. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Voor diegenen die (enkel) geïnteresseerd zijn in mijn Buren project, en niet in al dit onnozel technisch gezever : mijn excuses.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-8758187912147779358?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/8758187912147779358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=8758187912147779358' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/8758187912147779358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/8758187912147779358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/10/arrrrrrrgggghhh-screen-calibration.html' title='Arrrrrrrgggghhh !!!! Screen calibration &amp; contrast'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SSf-FXGgShI/AAAAAAAAADE/0KLtVWCZCV8/s72-c/80929-9409rcP.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-6441668369184820534</id><published>2008-09-30T10:54:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T23:47:18.295+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dré as Captain Haddock</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SOHsv2H-OjI/AAAAAAAAAA0/QNvkTO7-ZtI/s1600-h/80929-9409rc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SOHsv2H-OjI/AAAAAAAAAA0/QNvkTO7-ZtI/s400/80929-9409rc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251738947217668658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;He works in the port of Antwerp. But he is not a captain, nor a sailor. But he could have been. Maybe he should have been. Or he was, in a previous life.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dré, één van de vaste klanten van Buurthuis &lt;a href="http://dreipleintjes.blogspot.com/"&gt;De Drei Pleintjes&lt;/a&gt;, aan het Terlooplein - de buurt waar ik woonde voor ik naar deze kant van de Turnhoutsebaan verhuisde.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hier in een geïmproviseerde studio met wat zwarte doeken &amp;amp; een paar gewone flitsers, onder het afdak in mijn tuin, terwijl het aan het regenen was. Dré : "&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Nee, nee - ik heb het niet koud. Ik ben goed geïsoleerd.&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-6441668369184820534?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/6441668369184820534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=6441668369184820534' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/6441668369184820534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/6441668369184820534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/09/dr-as-captain-haddock.html' title='Dré as Captain Haddock'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SOHsv2H-OjI/AAAAAAAAAA0/QNvkTO7-ZtI/s72-c/80929-9409rc.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-3275554581657251574</id><published>2008-09-29T12:29:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T23:48:59.385+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&quot;Michèle Pfeiffer&quot; &quot;Joe McNally&quot; woman sailor'/><title type='text'>Brit as a bearded sailor</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SOC4vh-wlOI/AAAAAAAAAAc/2DzIL-ebmQw/s1600-h/80928-9394rc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SOC4vh-wlOI/AAAAAAAAAAc/2DzIL-ebmQw/s400/80928-9394rc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251400292228961506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Is she a neighbour? Well, she was when we met. Does she fit in this project? She fits in my life. Here you see her in the role of bearded sailor. Excuse me? Yes, I was setting up &amp;amp; testing some light I wanted to use to make a portrait of Dré as Captain Haddock. And I needed a model to check it out. Breaking the &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Michèle Pfeiffer&lt;/span&gt;-rule which states : "There is not to be hard light near my face." ("&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The moment it clicks&lt;/span&gt;" - Photography secrets by &lt;a href="http://www.joemcnally.com/portfolio/portfolio.html"&gt;Joe McNally&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You will probably be seeing more of Brit. In the streets if you are a neighbour. And on this blog for some more test shots.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;En verder zijn op komst : &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dré als Captain Haddock, dus&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;My beautiful launderette&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lisa and her gang&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jessica Ramos, Torro &amp;amp; the kids&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beajoppen.be/"&gt;Bea&lt;/a&gt; die wordt gestoffeerd door haar dochter Fien&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;en nog een hele trits buurtbewoners die ik zaterdag tegenkwam op de openingsreceptie van het nieuwe buurthuis van &lt;a href="http://dreipleintjes.blogspot.com/"&gt;De Drei Pleintjes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;En, zoals je merkt, heb ik besloten dat zowel Engels als Nederlands (als eventueel Frans) voertaal zullen zijn op deze blog. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-3275554581657251574?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/3275554581657251574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=3275554581657251574' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/3275554581657251574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/3275554581657251574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/09/brit-as-bearded-sailor.html' title='Brit as a bearded sailor'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SOC4vh-wlOI/AAAAAAAAAAc/2DzIL-ebmQw/s72-c/80928-9394rc.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-3005545108771814137</id><published>2008-09-27T11:34:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-27T11:38:56.871+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Soon to be featured in The Neighbours :</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My beautiful launderett&lt;/span&gt;e with Francisco, Roland, Isaac, Ousmane &amp;amp; Sara - pictures made yesterday.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lisa and her gang &lt;/span&gt;with Lisa, Max, Camilla &amp;amp; Ben - photoshoot planned for one of the next days/weeks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-3005545108771814137?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/3005545108771814137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=3005545108771814137' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/3005545108771814137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/3005545108771814137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/09/soon-to-be-featured-in-neighbours.html' title='Soon to be featured in The Neighbours :'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492003957151894055.post-7320706807907986253</id><published>2008-09-26T01:45:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-04T22:41:13.948+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children street outside strobe Kroonstraat family Michelangelo'/><title type='text'>In the beginning</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SNy4nIGVpnI/AAAAAAAAAAU/dft9fWfNqZU/s1600-h/80920-9066.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SNy4nIGVpnI/AAAAAAAAAAU/dft9fWfNqZU/s400/80920-9066.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250274247935633010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;It started with the idea of making 2 minute portraits of people in my city, Antwerp (Belgium). Why? Because I am a photographer, and I wanted to update and upgrade my portfolio. And I wished to experiment with strobes and stuff (&lt;a href="http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/"&gt;strobist&lt;/a&gt;). Manno, my best friend, had a look at some of the results I put on &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/swadeheel"&gt;flickr&lt;/a&gt; and suggested I needed a story to tie it all together. So, instead of kindly coercing people here and there &amp;amp; everywhere into being a one-minute model for me, I start on this not-too-systematic journey through my neighbourhood. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And where else to begin than with my three children : Arthur (11 - 'Do I really need to be in this picture ?!'), Elijah (6 - 'Come on, join us !') &amp;amp; Velma (almost 10 - 'Guys !!'). Picture taken in the Kroonstraat (Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium), returning from the market last saturday. Deliberate misuse of on-camera strobe, zoomed at 105mm, while my lens was at 17mm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Any resemblance to Michelangelo's 'The Creation of Adam' could be (un)intentional.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;More adventures to follow.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;wander  1&lt;/span&gt; go from place to place without any special purpose or destination  &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; leave the right path or direction  &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; be absent-minded; allow the thoughts to go from subject to subject&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;wanderings  1&lt;/span&gt; long travels; journeys  &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; confused speech during illness&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;One of my favorites: Magnum photographer Raymond Depardon &amp;amp; his book "&lt;a href="http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=Mod_ViewBoxInsertion.ViewBoxInsertion_VPage&amp;amp;R=2TYRYD1KGJXR&amp;amp;RP=Mod_ViewBox.ViewBoxThumb_VPage&amp;amp;CT=Album&amp;amp;SP=Album"&gt;Errance&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Of in't Nederlands : de Swa is weer vertrokken. Yihaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1492003957151894055-7320706807907986253?l=swadeheel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/feeds/7320706807907986253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1492003957151894055&amp;postID=7320706807907986253' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/7320706807907986253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1492003957151894055/posts/default/7320706807907986253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://swadeheel.blogspot.com/2008/09/in-beginning.html' title='In the beginning'/><author><name>François De Heel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095370698826881128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dVUu6wkOnYU/TzEguNHoVeI/AAAAAAAAAFE/b8sjeaKhnMg/s220/101230-17rcs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__9p7Eq027d4/SNy4nIGVpnI/AAAAAAAAAAU/dft9fWfNqZU/s72-c/80920-9066.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
