F...book says I posted this photo six years ago and asks if I’d like to share this memory again... definitely not ! I won't be posting anything anymore on f...B ( Only Flavie )

But here she is: the surfer girl from six years ago.
I used a picture before https://pixelfed.social/p/LievenSymaeys/894503707052923637

and a thought :

Years ago, a great many young women would step in front of my camera entirely of their own free will. Because they wanted to capture their youthful beauty in an artistic way. Because they enjoyed it, because it made them feel stronger, for all sorts of personal reasons.

I’m not really searching for anything anymore, but I also think the whole picture has changed now. With the rise of sites like Insta, the everyday selfie, complete with all sorts of filters, has taken over. Insta is all about instant fame and self-affirmation. You don’t need someone else’s perspective on yourself (e.g. a photographer); you decide your own image and become a commercial ‘like’ product.

The photo was taken with a Contax G2

#analog #portraits on #film with a #contaxg2 #carlzeiss 45mm glass and #Ilford XP2 400 . #analog is timeless. #filmphotography #ishootfilm #grainisgood
People and plants.

Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany

April 2026

Contax G2 | 45mm 2.0 | Kodak Tri-X

Dev & scan by Foto Express Frankfurt

#analog #analogphotography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #kodaktrix400 #blackandwhite #plants #contaxg2 #frankfurt
Small tri-color dog lying on a fluffy gray bed, facing left with ears perked, next to a rumpled light-colored blanket; wooden-framed glass door and white wall in the background.

#SmallDog #DogLife #PetLove #DogLovers #PetPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #Contax #ContaxG2 #CarlZeiss #DogsOfMastodon #DarkTable
Nature, murder and horror !

Today I’m taking a brief break from the recent series by the left-handed photographer https://pixelfed.social/c/951011603116521647

This morning I found my old hen dead in the middle of the chicken run. Her three much younger companions had left nothing but a trail of chaos and feathers... It’s been years since a fox last managed to steal our chickens. Our oldest Jack Russell is probably not as sprightly as she once was, so the fox took its chance. The photo is probably about 9 years old (though the hen was also very old), so there’s a chance she was the model for this photo too.

Rest in peace, hen.

The photo was taken with a Contax G2

#analog #portraits on #film with a #contaxg2 #carlzeiss 45mm glass and #kodak 400 . #analog is timeless. #filmphotography #ishootfilm #grainisgood #ghent #hen #art #model #portrait
#chicken #fox #horror
They see me rollin.

Tenerife, Spain

Spring 2026

1: Canon AS-1 | Kodak Gold
2 & 3: Contax G2 | 45mm 2.0 | Portra 400

#analog #analogphotography #believeinfilm #street #streetphotography #filmphotography #tenerife #travel #contaxg2 #kodakportra
Tenerife Textures.

March 2026

Contax G2 | 45mm & 28mm | Portra 400

Dev & scan by Canarias Fotocolor

#analog #kodakportra #contaxg2 #tenerife #travel #analogphotography #filmphotography #canaryislands #contax #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #portra400 #35mm
City Center.

Winter 2026

Wiesbaden, Germany

Contax G2 | 45mm 2.0 | Portra 400

Dev & scan by ON FILM LAB

#analog #analogphotography #believeinfilm #filmphotography #shootfilmstaybroke #filmisnotdead #everydayphotography #contax #contaxg2 #kodakportra #portra400 #35mm #wiesbaden #germany
I have said it before:
I find the Zenit 3M to be an incredibly beautiful camera.
A fantastic body.
The photograph itself was taken with a Contax G2,
also a beautiful camera and above all extremely fast,
with a lens as sharp as a knife.

I also refuse to censor a photograph like this.
We are Europeans, and we hold different values.
Simply see it as an aesthetically responsible image: it is not 1970s-style advertising,
nor is it intended to be erotic,
just a black-and-white composition.

#analog #portraits on #film of a #zenit with a #contaxg2 #carlzeiss #45mm glass and #Ilford XP2 400 . #analog is timeless. #filmphotography #ishootfilm #grainisgood #art #portrait #portraitphotography #zenit3m
#model
A portrait of a man I’ve been working with for more than two decades.
He is world-famous in Flanders and the Netherlands.
Over the years, I’ve been able to experience many premieres together with and around him,
and tonight it’s happening again…
( he didn't but I’ve stopped counting )
This time, he’s not performing a monologue…

https://pixelfed.social/p/LievenSymaeys/913104617721251976

Toi toi toi to the team and artists !

The photo was taken with a Contax G2

#analog #portraits on #film with a #contaxg2 #carlzeiss 45mm glass and #Ilford XP2 400 . #analog is timeless. #filmphotography #ishootfilm #grainisgood #theatre #art #brussels #brunovandenbroecke #portrait #portraitphotography #actor #backstage