My Antwerp Street Photography

Every city has its style and vibe, so street photography from that particular city does, too. In street photography, the photographer and city meet. So, in this blog post, I’d like to discuss and show my dates with Antwerp.

So, I decided to make this a bit of a living blog post. An update means I added to the text instead of changing and optimizing the previous one. For that reason, you’ll find dates in the sub-headings. This is when I created the text and uploaded the photos.

Enjoy my street photography in Antwerp timeline! (it’s anti-chronologically)

December 2024

A lot has changed since the last update. Mainly because that update was a year ago. I just added to my schedule to do more updates often. Every quarter of a year or so.

In the last year I had some of my street photos featured in a book about Antwerp. Which is super cool and motivating. You can find and buy the book here: https://www.capturedandpublished.com/

I also attended a street photography workshop. Though it was in Brussels, it obviously helped me improve my street photography in Antwerp, too.

So, it’s been a year of growth for me. And I hope it shows in my photos.

December 2023

I’ve been living and photographing in Brussels for the past three years. I was living there with my girlfriend. Unfortunately, we broke up, and I moved back to my hometown of Antwerp.

I’m not done with Brussels and will return often, but this did allow me to date my hometown more again.

And a lot has changed in those three years I’ve been gone (I did visit, of course).

New buildings have been built, streets have been completely reorganized, and I have changed, too.

I find myself more exploring. Going into streets, I’ve never been. Casually wandering. Something I did less before. I knew the city too well—or at least my way to the essential parts of it.

It’s all about rediscovering those known parts and discovering many new ones.

Using the camera is an excellent motivation actually to go out. Using different lenses, challenging myself, and creating new photos helped me to explore.

It’s daunting to do street photography still. It’s a challenge to photograph people while they are out and about.

But I also like looking around for other subjects, such as birds, inanimate objects, textures, and anything I can see.

The Nikon Z7II I bought earlier this year helps me. It’s lighter, smaller, and quieter than my D850, and it is helping me feel more comfortable photographing in public.