Craft
The maker's hours.
Where things are still made by hand - beginning in Antwerp, from the diamond district's oldest trade to a younger generation of makers. Photographed close, and left as they were.
Some of these trades are centuries old, some only a few years young. In Antwerp, they sit a few streets apart. But a bench is a bench the world over - these are simply the ones nearest me, for now.
THE OLD TRADE - A MASTER DIAMOND POLISHER
The trade this city is known for, in a back-room atelier a few streets from the station. In black and white - it seemed to ask for the quiet.
PIETER BOMBEKE ATELIER ° ANTWERP
At the scaife ° Pieter Bombeke Atelier
Through the loupe
Planning the cut
A finished Dreamcatcher
A morning at the bench ° Antwerp ° Ongoing reportage
A JEWELLERY MAKER
One workshop, one method - cuttlefish casting in silver, from the raw bone to a finished ring.
The melt ° Silver
Sara, studying the cuttlefish bone
Sara, studying the cuttlefish bone
Sara, studying the cuttlefish bone
A goldsmith ° A potter ° A knitter
Elsewhere in the city's workshops
And a few streets over, other benches, each its own material, its own pace.
Talking Design ° Flanders DC ° Antwerp 12
A book launch ° Beamstreet studio
Graphic & Illustration fair ° TUIG ° Blikfabriek
Coast ° Countryside ° Open air
OUTDOOR
And the open-air days - a festival tent on the seafront, a company out on its bikes, a reception in the afternoon sun.
The big top fills · Oostende ° 2025
Out of the office, on two wheels ° FAIN ° 2026
Afternoon reception ° Oostende · 2025
ON THE DAY
An event doesn't pause for the photographer, and it shouldn't. I stay long, move light, and wait for the room to forget I'm there. That's usually when the picture worth keeping happens.
CURRENTLY
Antwerp, BE
Taking projects for 2026 Europe-wide.
I read everything myself, usually back within a day or two.
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