THE GIFT OF SEEING

After 4 years of suffering from not taking any pictures, due to severe artist block symptoms, i decided to finally make one of my dreams come true: Travel solo to Paris on my birthday, with a camera and a notebook. Approx. 38,687 steps, saw FREAKSHOW by Jean Paul Gaultier (unfortunately no pictures were allowed to be taken but I wanted to mention the show), having my own Midnight in Paris moments while walking in the rain, without an umbrella or a destination. While walking all day and night, I naturally started taking pictures again, like I used to. And I couldn't stop.

 In the city of love, surrounded by young and old couples, I fell in love with myself again. In the city of light, I started seeing again, the way i used to see the world. In the city of art, I got inspired and felt like i finally belonged somewhere.

Bowl of Photographs

Flower Shop.

Free-the-Nipple-in -Van-Gogh-Style Building.

A Thousand Made Up Conversations

Around The Corner There Was a Man in a Wheel Chair Who Asked me To Help Him Cross The Road and After Tried To Harass Me. 

Book Store.

I'll Be My Own Guardian Angel, Dammit.

Montmartre

View Down Sacre Coeur

The Proposal. 

This was the evening I fell in love with my self. Especially after taking this shot.

Midnight In Paris Moment.

Smell of Paris after Rain.

When I went to Jean Paul Gaultier's Freakshow, i celebrated my identity. 

It was so refreshing to feel alive, proud, inspired and a sense of belonging. 

It is so important to surround yourself with people, things and happenings that accept you for who you are. I remembered who I Am. 

La Vie Est Une Aventure.

Table For Two.

Newspaper Stall.

She Knew I Photographed Her

Window Shop.

Flowers #1

Flowers #2

Mentally Travelling Back In Time

Street.

Book Lovers.

Stap Voor Stap.

People Walking Up and Down

How Can Anyone Get Tired of This?

Paris is More Beautiful When It Rains.