“The less significant the tools become, a greater role the artist plays.” - Mohsen Makhmalbaf in “Testing Democracy” Photo paintings taken with a 2 mega-pixel cellphone camera.Tumblr (3.0; @2megapixelpaintings)http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d770e91d9f04119a941e33b0a478542e/tumblr_mlprptXHEN1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>White Brick and Blue.</p> <p><em>Chaussée de Louvain / Leuvensesteenweg, Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/48696302171http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/48696302171Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:15:29 +0200photographyphotographers on tumblrArchitecturedoors<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/45bbc4bee5bc8f77cd9aefab08c64e9c/tumblr_mksmydgJ4h1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Door Ajar</p> <p><em>Acireale, Sicily</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/47203889219http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/47203889219Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:51:49 +0200photographyphotographers on tumblrItalydoors<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b8aaab5f3e1b6c1a8f5b785eecb0d9b2/tumblr_mksiczOWgx1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fishing Boats</p> <p><em>Acitrezza, Sicily</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/47198019540http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/47198019540Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:12:35 +0200photographyphotographers on tumblrboatsItaly<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3b378f9e5f32a4642bef387241821810/tumblr_mk0tekVBQL1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Way of the Mega Troc</p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/45921405506http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/45921405506Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:18:20 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrindustrialArchitecture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ae9d28110e816073894d85112367ee23/tumblr_mk0n0nBeWs1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Brick by Brick</p> <p><em>Avenue de la Chasse / Jachtlaan, Etterbeek, Brussels</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/45914762550http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/45914762550Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:00:23 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrArchitecture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/58cbcce27253efdae3ad27e856f87796/tumblr_mjpf9pqThB1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Postcard from the Past</p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/45417433972http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/45417433972Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:39:25 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrArchitecturestrasbourg<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bbc5a16f7d104d1c94f63c7719d02895/tumblr_mjnirfFGLr1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A Moment in Time</p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/45341138552http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/45341138552Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:59:39 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrtrees<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/090cfa08150884eb320bfccd328d561b/tumblr_mjjsb52bEO1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“In a certain sense the clock…wasn’t there to remind us that time passes, and therefore that everything changes, but that on the contrary everything remains the same.”</p> <p>* <em>The quote is from Orhan Pamuk’s </em>The Museum of Innocence<em> (Italian edition, Einaudi Numeri Primi, 2011, page 311), my translation from the Italian.</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/45185701833http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/45185701833Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:35:29 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrliterary referencesantiquesshop windows<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4eb9c9a1120b8116c4c45bbec3de6e15/tumblr_mj6vs8lcr41qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em><br/></em></strong>Belgian Winterscape 2</p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/44616592278http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/44616592278Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:21:44 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrlandscapessnow<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b9d4af7b8772d5b7aa86ceeacd35ccc/tumblr_mj6ugj9yfI1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Belgian Winterscape 1</p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/44615709785http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/44615709785Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:53:07 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrlandscapessnow<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0a73413ff16d4c8611aa056ff054f042/tumblr_mi7n9heR981qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Behind the glass, a star</p> <p><em>Probably Rue du Prince Royal / Koninklijke-Prinsstraat, Brussels</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/43073306105http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/43073306105Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:41:41 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrdoors<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3a38f414349e56981a43b83930d445ba/tumblr_mhhs018WUv1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ways of Seeing</p> <p><em>Somewhere in Amsterdam</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/41942571056http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/41942571056Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:26:26 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrArchitecturereflections<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d7fe4804658dac415324048ec58c9db6/tumblr_mh4tq2mon71qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>L’été [06/2011]</p> <p>(Ex-Royal Skating building, now a contemporary art gallery: galerie Valérie Bach)</p> <p><em>Rue Faider / Faiderstraat, Ixelles, Brussels</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/41357327602http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/41357327602Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:34:00 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrArchitecture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cfe291d03dc4d81f421770a3af5a1b5c/tumblr_mgrx62qttr1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Scales Weights / Weighing Machines</p> <p><em>Grays Inn Road, London</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/40761771572http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/40761771572Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:20:26 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrArchitecturelondonfacade advertising<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cd3bec88d667941c1b75cdf78c89a109/tumblr_mgrugegb8B1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Birthday</p> <p><em>The Brunswick, London</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/40759654015http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/40759654015Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:21:49 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrArchitecturelondon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1d5d04450a9de9ea557b2f68bdce1c6a/tumblr_mgo6or7JuS1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sun Smudged</p> <p><em>Rue des Sables / Zandstraat, Brussels</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/40599560428http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/40599560428Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:55:39 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrArchitecturerooftops<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4bbb9ba31121ac0eb7ce64d3abf93dd9/tumblr_mgeyhvTSul1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Ladder.</p> <p><em>Canal as seen from Quai des Charbonnages / Koolmijnenkaai, Brussels</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/40174283630http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/40174283630Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:20:19 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrcanalsreflections<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/40c103d5d1722f94ce21ccc79470b93c/tumblr_mgd4pfncwx1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Illuminations.</p> <p><em>Somewhere in Salerno, Italy</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/40094277241http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/40094277241Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:39:15 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrarchitecturelights<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/edd92176b5e8e699da1f01c735e52d6d/tumblr_mg7wgsFbA01qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Empty Advertising Space Series No. 3</p> <p><em>In the metro station Merode, Brussels</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/39853829109http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/39853829109Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:53:16 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrneonunderground<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/37ffb3af4098078c47905040962de04c/tumblr_mg3t3tFpBA1qio80po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rome by Streetlamp.</p> <p><em>Piazza Pio XI, Rome, Italy</em></p>http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/39655057090http://2megapixelpaintings.tumblr.com/post/39655057090Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:50:17 +0100photographyphotographers on tumblrromeskiestrees