Tell me anything (1)

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Roma children, Brugge, Belgium 2010.

Portrait 34

M., Wervik, Belgium 2009.

Portrait 33

A., G. Bush & Co, Dublin, Ireland 2009.

Portrait 32

V., Brussel, Belgium 2009.

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A., Wetteren, Belgium 2009.

Journal 2009 / Week 13

A., Knokke-Heist, Belgium 2009.

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S., Brugge, Belgium 1999.

Archief 33

A., Brugge, Belgium 1999. Golden Lens Award at the International Photofestival Knokke-Heist, Belgium 2003.

Hard-Core Scenes 10

V., Mons, Belgium 2008.

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A. & A., San Diego, USA 2009.

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A., San Francisco, USA 2008.

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A., Madrid, Spain 2006.

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A., Brussel, Belgium 2006.

Timescape 24

L., Brugge 2007.

Portrait 25

V., Milaan, Italy 2007.

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M., London, UK 2005.

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V., Bray-Dunes, France 2008.

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Anonymous, Antwerpen, Belgium 2007.

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Anonymous, Seneffe, Belgium 2008.

What is a portrait? Do you need someone 's looking into the camera? Or do you need more? What are the conditions? And what about focussing on someone in his life environment when he is not aware of the photographers presence? In the street? Do you need someone 's permission? Is that enough? Do you need to tell something substantial about someone? If you photographed a woman you even didn 't talk with but she was looking into the camera and you did it in a 'streetphotography' way? Possibly this is not a portrait. What is a portrait? Is this a relevant question? Perhaps (not).