The Capitol is an impressive monument in Washington, the visit is coded, but looking here and there, endless corridors, small doors and strange stairs makes it a mysterious place, full of conspiracies and secret meetings…

Capitol dome

This is a composite image of the Capitol Dome in Washington, so big I am missing parts of it with more than 10 pictures. More details on its rich history here ou ici. More pictures are coming from our week end in Washington, the perfect place for museum and monuments freaks. (and we saw Obama’s helicopter going to the White House!)

Second try with one more picture:

Capitol Dome Composite 2

Beatles in NYC

Beatles are not dead (even the secret one), they cross Park Avenue during the worst winter snow storm.

Get under cover

Souvenir from a week end in Gent. The colors remind me of “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, what do you think?

Funny what a cold morning wind and a car’s hood can create: back to geometry, as mentioned in previous post.

Taking pictures is important to me, as much as discovering existing work in photography. You probably have seen some of the pictures I will show you in newspaper, magazine, advertising; they are a key part of information, entertainment. However if you look for the small text hidden somewhere, you will find there are a couple of names that keep coming back: James Nachtwey is one of them.

We had the chance to have a public exhibition of his work in Luxembourg. Even if you think you do not know him, I am sure you have already crossed the path of one of his pictures. They are a testimony to humanity, a reminder of events that would be forgotten without them.

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