see buy fly

mafalda, Den Haag

once upon a time

Helmut Schmidt, U-Bahnhof Nollendorfplatz, Berlin
posted by Luísa

paviljoen de witte

Jörn

sunrise

Jörn

tudo iiissto é fado!

Luísa, Porto's flea market

insomnia

Luísa
the absence of a neck.
where did the neck go?
the sun in the shape of a neck.
will the neck get back in the hole?
how neck? enlightened still?
how sleep?
pijamas are creatures of the night.
who would dry up a pijama under the sun?

something in common

Luísa

Eiffel

Jörn

light special-effects

mafalda

nausea please

Luísa

PH110

Jörn

just before the storm

mafalda, Rijswijk

after the storm

Luísa
a possible sunset for today

Fools in the storm

Jörn

view from the office or while the clouds pass by

mafalda, Rijswijk

surf-crowd

It is really getting crowded in Scheveningen.

Jörn

The Magnificent Contest of the First Year!

Luísa
This is a bed sheet drying out hung on a wire. The image may be rotated (or not). The first one who gets it right (i.e. whether it is rotated and if so which is the right orientation) wins a "Smeltpunt Honour Title"!

dutch sidewalk

mafalda, Den Haag

first anniversary!

Thank you for visiting Smeltpunt during these first 365 days :-) Click!

Luísa, Jörn, mafalda

bed?

Luísa

Óscar

Luísa and Óscar

the sun and the trees

mafalda, Lisboa

the clouds and the sun

Luísa
how many storms did it take?

visit to the museum - photomovie

mafalda

The Pier (again)

Jörn

little story of a visit to the library

Once upon the time there was a library full of very old books written by people from all over the world who once invented things....

"To invent is to make decisions." (Cees Nooteboom)


Who was there in the library to watch over all those old dusty books? No one... So it was impossible not to get a closer look...

"Curiosity killed the cat!" (a british guy named Benjamin Jonson, apparently)


Suddently! one of those books turned out to look a bit... familiar...


Bulletin of Industrial Property, Portugal.... 1895!

1895 - Volleyball is invented
1895 - Screening of the first moving picture
1895 - Buster Keaton is born

....and 1895 - Carlos I rules as the second-to-last king of Portugal.

Let's take a peek inside the book....


...and flip the pages...


...and there is still so much to discover which once was new...


...and inventive.

Jörn (photos)
mafalda (text, photos)

my grandfather's drawer

Luísa
this is what i found in it: coins, watches, pens, buttons, a saint image, pocketknifes, clarinet's reeds and dust. is it so dissimilar from yours?

Evening

Almost dark... exposed for 20 seconds.

Jörn

vertical

mafalda





Go here, turn the sound on, and click on 'Tv Spot' under the left-side column Klantenservice.
Recognize anyone?

Firework

Next time I will use the tipod! But anyhow, I liked how this one came out!
I did not manage to make a shot of the fire though.... only saw it from reeeally far away. And still it was huge.

Jörn