Series

In the Photographer’s Eye

100 photographs · Zinneke Parade, Brussels

“The Zinneke Parade” means zinnodes, artists, passersby, onlookers, and photographers, lots of photographers.

I had set out to shoot a photo series on the floats, the performances, and a few portraits too.

On a sunny day, just as I was about to change lenses, I found myself swept up in a tide of people. Face to face with a photographer, I had found my series: having finished photographing the artists and the onlookers, I now found myself hunting photographers. What if I showed you the photographer’s eye?

Each image exists in two versions, the vivid color of the parade and the black and white of a settling gaze. The wall that follows lives on its own: let it be.

Photographer with long white hair and a beard, eye pressed to the viewfinder, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 001)

White-haired photographer adjusting his camera in the crowd, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 002)

Photographer in a patterned shirt, arms raised, aiming over the crowd, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 003)

Photographer in a striped shirt, camera to his eye behind the barriers, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 004)

Masked photographer with a telephoto lens in front of the old facades, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 005)

A hand holding a phone filming the parade, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 006)

Photographer in a canvas hat, camera to his eye, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 007)

Grey-haired photographer with two cameras on straps, checking his screen, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 008)

Photographer squinting as she aims a small camera, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 009)

Photographer in a straw hat among the spectators, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 010)

Photographer with tousled white hair, camera pressed to her face, next to a spectator, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 011)

Photographer in a cap and backpack, bent over his viewfinder, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 012)

Photographer in a straw hat with a telephoto lens in front of the old facades, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 013)

Curly-haired photographer aiming in the middle of the sunny crowd, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 014)

Close-up of a wrinkled hand adjusting a lens, a white beard, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 015)

Close-up of a white-haired photographer behind a large telephoto lens, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 016)

Raised hands holding a camera at arm’s length, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 017)

A photographer with a professional camera and a spectator filming on her phone, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 019)

Focused photographer in the crowd, camera against her cheek, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 020)

Photographer with tied-back hair beneath a structure of metal circles, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 021)

Photographer raising his arm to frame a shot in front of a bookshop, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 022)

Videographer in glasses, a microphone on his camera, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 023)

Two photographers seen from behind in front of O’Reilly’s pub, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 024)

Photographer in a leather hat and a checked shirt, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 025)

A parade float made of metal circles, a pushchair on the pavement, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 026)

Photographer in a bucket hat, camera in front of his face, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 027)

Bald photographer in a patterned shirt, from behind, aiming at a float, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 028)

Bearded photographer in a floral shirt, glasses on his forehead, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 029)

A veiled figure raising her phone above the crowd, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 030)

A blonde woman in glasses taking a picture with her phone, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 031)

Photographer in a leather hat in front of O’Reilly’s pub, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 032)

Photographer in glasses and a printed shirt, camera strap round his neck, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 033)

Two photographers side by side in front of a float’s metal circles, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 034)

Photographer from behind, aiming at the crowd, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 035)

A woman with long hair filming the parade on her phone, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 036)

Smiling photographer with a telephoto lens, a spectator watching him, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 037)

A young man filming on his phone in the middle of the street, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 038)

Photographer with a long white beard and a bun, eye to the viewfinder, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 039)

Photographer with a braid and a scrunchie, camera pressed to her face, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 040)

Photographer in a pocketed jacket, arms raised, camera against his face, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 041)

A curly-haired young woman photographing a caped character, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 042)

Photographer with white hair and dark glasses, a small camera in hand, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 043)

Photographer with shoulder-length hair aiming at the parade, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 044)

Photographer with his mask pulled down, camera held at chest height, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 045)

Photographer in a cap, seen from behind his camera, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 046)

Two photographers, one behind a large white telephoto lens, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 047)

A woman in a floral dress filming on her phone, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 048)

Bald photographer in dark glasses with a telephoto lens, a spectator beside him, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 049)

Photographer in a cap and glasses, camera raised, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 050)

A blonde young woman, seen from behind, photographing a costumed dancer with her phone, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 051)

Photographer in a checked shirt in front of an Irish pub, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 052)

Photographer in a striped shirt, telephoto lens aimed at the parade, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 053)

Close-up of a camera screen and the hand of a white-haired photographer, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 054)

Two photographers checking their pictures outside a café, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 055)

Young black-haired photographer behind a lens hood, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 056)

Close-up of a camera fitted with a microphone, held by a videographer from behind, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 057)

Photographer with a backpack and a long telephoto lens, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 058)

A journalist holding out her microphone to a woman in front of a camera, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 059)

Photographer in a fur costume, camera to his eye, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 060)

A smiling man filming on his phone, surrounded by spectators, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 061)

Bald photographer with a white beard and a floral shirt, camera to his eye, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 062)

Photographer in a leather hat lifting his camera above his head, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 063)

Photographer with tousled hair, a route map in hand, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 064)

A man in dark glasses filming with his phone held sideways, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 065)

White-haired photographer in a striped sweater in front of a silver float, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 066)

Photographer with a long beard and a backpack, camera raised, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 067)

Bald photographer with a tattooed arm, camera raised above his face, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 068)

A man in a cap taking a picture with his phone, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 069)

Two photographers side by side, cameras to their eyes, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 070)

Photographer in a cap and glasses, a smiling spectator beside him, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 071)

Bald photographer with a long telephoto lens, another camera raised behind him, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 072)

Bearded photographer raising his arm, a spectator in dark glasses beside him, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 073)

Bald photographer seen from behind, camera strap over his shoulder, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 074)

Photographer with a bun, from behind, backpack on, camera raised, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 075)

Two hands holding a phone filming the parade, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 076)

A curly-haired man filming on his phone, from behind, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 078)

Photographer in a cap and glasses, close-up on his camera, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 079)

Mustached photographer with a small camera in hand, watching the parade, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 080)

Photographer in a white cap in the crowd, camera to his eye, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 081)

A woman in dark glasses raising her phone, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 082)

Photographer in a waistcoat bending down to frame a shot near the terraces, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 083)

Photographer in a cape, camera in front of his face, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 084)

White-haired photographer, camera strap round his neck, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 085)

Close-up of a photographer with sunglasses on his head, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 086)

A grey-bearded man holding out his phone at arm’s length, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 087)

Photographer in a flat cap with a white telephoto lens, in front of a shop window, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 088)

Photographer in a headscarf, camera to her eye, in the crowd, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 089)

Photographer in a leather hat, lens with a hood, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 090)

A smiling woman in a printed tunic filming on her phone behind the barriers, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 091)

Long-haired photographer with a large white telephoto lens, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 093)

An elderly photographer adjusting his camera beside a little girl in a hat, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 094)

Photographer in front of an Irish pub doorway, camera raised, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 095)

A hand holding a phone sideways to film the parade, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 096)

Crouching photographer with a bun, telephoto lens aimed, a child behind her, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 097)

A white-haired woman raising her tablet above her head, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 098)

A man in a checked shirt filming on his phone, from behind, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 099)

Photographer in a printed shirt, small camera to his eye, in the middle of the crowd, Zinneke Parade, Brussels (plate 100)