Before taking a look at my photo reportage in Rhodesia taken between 1977 and 1978, I suggest that you visit the site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia so as to learn a little more about this country and that period in its history. I was rather young at the time. Too young, probably, but very much aware of what I was doing. I was setting down on paper a unique moment in history, a type of tribute to a very particular moment for that country. Very few photographers covered those events and those who did only tried to fix what could excite the media through their ideas and read-made thoughts. I became interested in the black and white communities by moving from one to the other. Often the two were intertwined. I photographed civilian life by frequenting the various communities and by navigating through the various social structures. I also became interested in the life of the military by following them in their anti-guerilla operations.

course de cote

At Houyet in Belgium a little battle between a KTM SuperDuke and a Aprilia Tuono. Filmer is the Tuono, Fritser

This is our own annual freeride in Belgium... Crazy vids with crazy footage!!! you have to see it absolutly... Caméra embarquée de ouf!

reportage tourné lors de notre freeride à Houyet diffusé en septembre 2006. Interview exclusive de notre Lolypop national :o) TV show

Petit morceau de notre soirée Open Your Mind du 4 octobre 2008 Houyet

Caméra embarquée de Maronet

de 5526 atb vertrekt te Houyet

soirée privée

"rien a afficher

(Visit http://anamorfose.be/Contemporary-Art-Photography/Dominique-Houyet/Night-in-the-city-c-11_67_73.html for more information) With the introduction of artificial light it was possible to photograph the city at night. There was also something to photograph. The street lights invited people into the streets. The difference between life during the day and life at night became smaller. Street lights also had a big disadvantage: light pollution. The satellite pictures of Belgium at night are well known: a bright triangle in the middle of Europe. Astronomers are very unhappy as their stars have become nearly invisible.

la on n'est au point n°2 de la cote

houyet 2006 freeride. I did not make this video. The ones who want credit just let me know

pour moi, c'est le plus beau tracé belge

tous en délire

freeride in Houyet, Belgium in 2006 I did not make the video. The ones who want credit for it just give me a PM and I'll put it on

toujours au point n°4!!!

ici nous sommes au poit n°4 et se sont les kartcross qui passe

Goede herinneringen van de 'Vuile Honden' in Houyet

moi a la course de côte de houyet en peugeot 206 cc de chez bhr

Freeride in Houyet, *zwaai zwaai* naar het left forum

Vidéo de la course de côte de houyet

Constantin (6 ans) au Festival de Houyet

Afdalen in de modder

(Visit http://anamorfose.be/Contemporary-Art-Photography/Dominique-Houyet/Portraits-of-French-Writers-c-11_67_70.html for more information) Consumed by two passions, photography and literature, I was able to fuse the two together the day that I chanced upon a small bookshop in Lille. The staff there and the architectural environment literally floored me. At the antipodes of conventional bookshops which generally sell just about anything to attain a large sales turnover, the feeling here was one of true respect for the written word, a real love of literature. Every display, every table covered in books seemed to reflect the personality of the booksellers. Each week writers who came to discuss their latest novels gathered in this bookshop -- a big moment every time. And whilst listening to these often rather fascinating writers I began to take photographs of them. I did this for two years. I limited myself to photographing them from a distance, intervening as little as possible and consciously not wishing to create an image, but simply trying to capture the magic of the moment or the expression that seemed to reflect what I felt about the author or his work. My refusal to create an image prompted me to narrow the frame in order not to make use of the surroundings. It was futile to make use of an extraneous background when the subjects were so captivating in themselves. Just a hand movement or a look was sufficient for me to obtain a good photo. That bookstore is no more. My photos are still there as a kind of tribute to those writers who often moved me deeply