Some recent sketches. All of the originals are for sale on demand (info@benheine.com). You can view the works in progress at this link. Prints and derivatives are available here. All pictures: © 2014 Ben Heine
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New Ballpoint Pen Sketches in Progress
.jpg "ballpoint pen art and drawing by Ben Heine - 2014") |
| Originals for sale on demand (info@benheine.com) |
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| Originals for sale on demand (info@benheine.com) |
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| Originals for sale on demand (info@benheine.com) |
.jpg "ballpoint pen art and drawing by Ben Heine - 2014") |
| Originals for sale on demand (info@benheine.com) |
Ballpoint Pen Sketch On Paper
.jpg "Art by Ben Heine - Che Guevara ballpoint pen sketch on paper")
Don't forget me
.jpg "Photography Artwork by Ben Heine - Don't Forget Me with Chinese Model Zhuzhu - Girl Framed") |
| Don't Forget Me © 2013 Ben Heine - Buy it as a print |
Don't forget me, because I'll never forget you. I took this photo in my garden in Rochefort, Belgium. This is a real hut with divine proportions. Model: Zhuzhu. You can view a detail of the above photo at this link and my other photos with Zhuzhu here. New: This photo is available for sale.
Hidden Vision
.jpg "Hidden Vision - Photo by Ben Heine with Chinese model Zhuzhu") |
| Hidden Vision © 2013 Ben Heine |
A portrait of Chinese model Zhuhu. I took this photo a few weeks ago in a forest near where I live in Rochefort, Belgium. You can view a detail here and my other photos with Zhuzhu here.
A celestial scenery captured during my travel from Brussels to Rome.
I travelled there to talk about my work at "Creative Pro Show".
I travelled there to talk about my work at "Creative Pro Show".
I recently travelled to Rome, Italy, to talk about my work at Creative Pro Show. I only stayed a few days and didn't have so much time to visit. Here below is a selection of pictures I took during my free time...
The huge arches of the Coliseum
The Coliseum seen from the inside
A long exposure night shot of the Vatican City
The Tiber river that crosses Rome
The beautiful Pantheon in the centre of Rome
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Playing around with some smoke bombs in a dark forest
here in Brussels... If you wish to enlarge the picture a bit,
simply click on it, as usual. Model: Caroline Madison.
Absolutely purrfect! Eight playful little cuties I found in a street of Lisbon, Portugal. If you wish, you can view 2 details at this link. Note: Many people tell me that, like in some of my other pics, this image looks like a "pencil drawing". It is a photo, though. The truth is that I always spend some time to edit my photos to get a nice balance of details and different gray tones... It's just more work for better results. I personally think unedited photos are never good enough to be shared.
Everywhere we go, there is a line to follow! Civilization is the destination. I took this photo near Sousse, in Tunisia.
Here is an interesting review I received for this picture on my deviantART account from Kalistina. I'm sharing it here below because I think it's a good analysis:
One of my favorite visual impressions in physical reality is the disappearance of the ground-sky interface. I first discovered it in the Alps, were clouds frequently come in direct contact with the permanently snow-covered summits of the highest mountains. It can get very hard to tell where the earth stops and where the sky begins.
This photo initially triggers a similar effect. The sky seems to stop at the character’s feet... or even below. Of course, after a few instants the brain manages to get past the illusion, to unlock the physical reality that was captured in this photograph, to realize that it’s actually dealing with a beach-sea-city-sky continuum. But this first impression remains. There’s a city in the sky and the character’s looking its way.
“Faith in Destiny”. Now that’s an interesting title. Though most people use “fate” and “destiny” interchangeably, they actually designate two nearly opposite concepts - “fate” is the inexorable result of what happened before the present, whereas “destiny” is the anticipation of a future given the current situation. “Fate” introduces the concept of fatality; “destiny” deals with destinations, goals. Fate binds people, whereas destiny projects them.
As for “faith”, it’s the opposite of “knowledge” - it’s the belief in something that is impossible to prove (it is by definition irrational). Typically, one’s faith is aimed toward their gods - something that transcends them, that likely determines them by defining their fate. Greek tragedy comes to mind.
Here, though, we’re dealing with destiny - something that people set for their own sake. Having faith in destiny, unlike having faith in fate, means irrationally believing in one’s own ability to set oneself a destination and to advance toward it. I think it’s a very humanist kind of faith.
Back to the photo. In the horizon (which, remember, didn’t look like a horizon at first), we see a city. It’s the only non-natural element in the setting. This is the character’s destination. It’s the place he want’s to go to. He’s going toward civilization, leaving the cradle of nature. That doesn’t mean he’s giving up on nature, it just means he wants to interact with mankind.
Now, a frequent belief in occidental religions is the concept of heaven - the place good people go to when they die (whereas bad people go to hell). Morality ultimately relies on the believer’s faith in the existence of hell to motivate him to be a good person. In most of these occidental religions, heaven is also the place god(s) live in, and it’s usually either in the sky or above it.
As discussed earlier, the city initially appears to be sitting in the middle of the sky. I’m going to go ahead and say this city is the character’s heaven. It’s not situated in the actual sky, though - we’re literally dealing with a case of heaven on earth here. The destination isn’t an eternal afterlife with fellow deceased, but a present life with the actual, present humankind.
In other words, civilization is bliss.
Here is an interesting review I received for this picture on my deviantART account from Kalistina. I'm sharing it here below because I think it's a good analysis:
One of my favorite visual impressions in physical reality is the disappearance of the ground-sky interface. I first discovered it in the Alps, were clouds frequently come in direct contact with the permanently snow-covered summits of the highest mountains. It can get very hard to tell where the earth stops and where the sky begins.
This photo initially triggers a similar effect. The sky seems to stop at the character’s feet... or even below. Of course, after a few instants the brain manages to get past the illusion, to unlock the physical reality that was captured in this photograph, to realize that it’s actually dealing with a beach-sea-city-sky continuum. But this first impression remains. There’s a city in the sky and the character’s looking its way.
“Faith in Destiny”. Now that’s an interesting title. Though most people use “fate” and “destiny” interchangeably, they actually designate two nearly opposite concepts - “fate” is the inexorable result of what happened before the present, whereas “destiny” is the anticipation of a future given the current situation. “Fate” introduces the concept of fatality; “destiny” deals with destinations, goals. Fate binds people, whereas destiny projects them.
As for “faith”, it’s the opposite of “knowledge” - it’s the belief in something that is impossible to prove (it is by definition irrational). Typically, one’s faith is aimed toward their gods - something that transcends them, that likely determines them by defining their fate. Greek tragedy comes to mind.
Here, though, we’re dealing with destiny - something that people set for their own sake. Having faith in destiny, unlike having faith in fate, means irrationally believing in one’s own ability to set oneself a destination and to advance toward it. I think it’s a very humanist kind of faith.
Back to the photo. In the horizon (which, remember, didn’t look like a horizon at first), we see a city. It’s the only non-natural element in the setting. This is the character’s destination. It’s the place he want’s to go to. He’s going toward civilization, leaving the cradle of nature. That doesn’t mean he’s giving up on nature, it just means he wants to interact with mankind.
Now, a frequent belief in occidental religions is the concept of heaven - the place good people go to when they die (whereas bad people go to hell). Morality ultimately relies on the believer’s faith in the existence of hell to motivate him to be a good person. In most of these occidental religions, heaven is also the place god(s) live in, and it’s usually either in the sky or above it.
As discussed earlier, the city initially appears to be sitting in the middle of the sky. I’m going to go ahead and say this city is the character’s heaven. It’s not situated in the actual sky, though - we’re literally dealing with a case of heaven on earth here. The destination isn’t an eternal afterlife with fellow deceased, but a present life with the actual, present humankind.
In other words, civilization is bliss.
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Waiting for Someone
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(See it on deviantART)
Feeling lonely? Wait for Pencil Vs Camera magic.
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(See it on deviantART)Feeling lonely? Wait for Pencil Vs Camera magic.
A preparatory photo for my "Pencil Vs Camera - 68"
image with Suzy . I took this photo at
Astrid Park in Anderlecht, Belgium.
image with Suzy . I took this photo at
Astrid Park in Anderlecht, Belgium.
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I took this photo in a park at the end of the day, the natural light was more than perfect. Model: Suzy. If you wish, you can see a detail of her face here.
The language of photography. A picture I took a few days ago in a park in Bucharest, Romania. Model: Madalina. If you wish, you can see the original pic here. I think Madalina has hypnotic eyes...
A great looking pilgrim I met in front of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain) at the very end of my 700 km walk. His name is Zapatones and he is a well known living monument in Santiago. The scallop shell on the man's hat has long been the symbol of the Camino de Santiago. It is often found on the shores in Galicia. Over the centuries the scallop shell has taken on mythical, metaphorical and practical meanings, even if its relevance may actually derive from the desire of pilgrims to take home a souvenir.
The Way of St. James has existed for over a thousand years. It was one of the most important Christian pilgrimages during medieval times, together with Rome and Jerusalem (read more). The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX11, provided by Samsung Electronics. Co., Ltd.
Me taking the photo of the old man:The Way of St. James has existed for over a thousand years. It was one of the most important Christian pilgrimages during medieval times, together with Rome and Jerusalem (read more). The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX11, provided by Samsung Electronics. Co., Ltd.
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