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Ghent is one of the five art cities in Flanders and truly a gem. There are a lot of things to visit, one of the most popular ones being the Museum of Contemporary Art - S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele...

The yearly Nuit Blanche took place in early October and it offered a great opportunity to experiment with taking photos in the dark. The Parc de Bruxelles was gorgeously illuminated and provided good surroundings to socially critical performance as well as...

In September, Photoresk visited the exhibition of Brussels Plaizier publishing house. This small publishing house has built up an image library including vintage postcards, prints, calendars and books since 1977, showing architectural germs in a vast collection of...

It is now the second year in a row for Photoresk to participate the Zot Day in mid-September. The whole inner city of Brussels, along Boulevard Anspach, was packed with action sport demonstrations: mountain bike, kick-board, slack-line and many other sports which you...

Six photographers, seven days - and lots of things to explore on the Greek island of Lesbos. There is hardly anything regarding photography that you cannot explore when you visit the Greek island of Lesbos in early summer. And we - a group of six photographers with...

It was great to be on the road with a group of photographers, like-minded people. Our Photoresk community is growing and we have now large groups in Brussels, Aachen and Cologne, and it was about time we organised another international meetup. Many thanks to Alexandra...

On a sunny Sunday morning Photoresk visited the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken. Open only for three weeks, once a year, one needs to be careful not to miss it. We lined up after 9 am to make sure to get in before the place gets too crowded. Surprisingly many people had...

Yes, the darkness is still here, but shouldn't we enjoy it?! Brussels put together a Bright Light Festival for a few days and, of course, Photoresk had to check it out. Light installations were surprisingly impressive for such a short event and the few of us who...

We jumped to the middle ages in Siegburg, Germany, to enjoy the medieval Christmas market in town. We got invited by Alexandra, a long-time-member of Photoresk, who hasn't forgotten our warmhearted group of photographers. She also welcomed us at her photography...

The autumn, the cold, but the colors! There is always some beauty in the gloominess of the arriving winter. You can sense the coming changes and feel inspired by them. We captured this feeling at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium in Meise. The 92 hectares and 18...

Photoresk was invited to come to the HALLOWEEN SWING BALL and do some event shooting. We were terribly scared and frightened by the creatures around, but we had to do our job! So we stayed and here are the results. [gallery columns="2" size="medium"...

Photoresk was invited to photograph the slacklining and action event, called Zot Day, in Brussels in mid-September. We were given VIP passes to the 13th floor at Boulevard Anspach, and what a great experience this was for us. Hanging out with the slackliners, we took...

The Brussels Comic Festival was here again last weekend and we had a meetup for the Balloon's Day Parade on Sunday. The weather forecast scared off most of the participants, but in the end we were lucky to avoid the rain and even sun was peaking behind the clouds at...

We had heard about the baby panda born at Pairi Daiza and for a few months we waited for it to grow a little bit bigger (the newborns are simply tiny). Finally, at the end of August we organized a Photoresk meetup to visit the park. We chose Wednesday as weekends are...

Photoresk members got together to celebrate the new book on Brussels - Brussels Through Our Lens. The book was a collaborative effort of the group including 69 photos from more than 30 different individuals. People were excited to pick up their books and to see old...

Every two years Brussels' Grand Place gets covered by a flower carpet consisting of nearly one million begonias. More than 100 volunteers assemble this famous tourist attraction in four hours. This year celebrating the 20th flower carpet, a beautiful Japanese design...

Brussels Photoresk group did a day trip to Gent on 7th August. The idea was to visit the photography expo called Eyes Wide Open. We hopped into a train and got off at Gent Sint-Pieters railway station. The exposition took place at St Peter's Abbey. Passing little...

The photo walk in Liège, Belgium, started at the famous Guillemins Railway Station, designed by Santiago Calatrava. Everyone took their cameras out and a good moment was spent capturing the inspiring shapes of the wide building. The tour then lead us to the Parc de la...

The Belgian National Day took place 21st of July, as it does every year. Once again, the Brussels Photoresk group attended the colorful festivities of the day. High security and smaller crowds kept the atmosphere calmer than during the previous years, yet many came to...

Brussels is one of the creative fashion centers in the world where the students from today will set the style for tomorrow. On Friday 17th of June 2016, Photoresk Brussels went to see a fashion show by the students of Haute École Francisco Ferrer. The autumn/winter...