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September 30th, 2007

my day in photos

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Check out this website, the basic idea is to post some 20 photos taken on the same day. Mine, taken on may 17 2007, can he found here. I participated because ….. i wanted to be in the company of Frank Boenigk from photoshau or Marco Martinelli from light-opinion or Juan Buhler from this amazing

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February 25th, 2007

exactly 400 years ago ….

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It was in Mantua Italy, in the accademia degl’Invaghiti where the first performance of L’ Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi was given. And tonight, exactly 400 years later, we went to the concertgebouw here in Bruges to hear that Opera performed by Concerto Italiano conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini and ad the following singers: Furio Zanasi, Anna

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February 21st, 2007

Rosas / Ictus / Steve Reich Evening

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Yesterday we went to the concertgebouw in Brugge to see Rosas the dance company founded by Ann Marie de Keersmaecker and hear Ictus play Steve Reich. I have always liked the minimalistic music of Steve Reich, and Philip Glass and Terry Riley…. to the sometimes considerable irritation of the other members of my family. On

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September 29th, 2006

Jordi Savall playing in Bruges

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With the help of some very nice people my wife and i managed to buy a number of tickets, with an interesting discount, for concerts at the Concertgebouw in Bruges. I have made a number of photos of or near this rather recent building. The building had a large number of critics, including me, but

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March 7th, 2006

i am on vfxy and on the photospectrum

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There are lots and lots of blog directories and a couple of photoblog directories such as photoblogs.org and the newer handy photoblogdirectory . But i am happy and somewhat proud to be included in the vfxy directory. Check it out! Another superb site is the photo spectrum. I was very happy to be included in

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