Pencil Vs Camera - 77

Space shuttles taking off from the heart of Seoul - Art by Ben Heine

Another creative project I made at Cheonggyecheon, South Korea. This picture shows space shuttles taking off from the heart of the city. It is about underground life and new technologies in Korea. You can view the sketch in progress here below and at this link. This image was printed and exhibited among other artworks at Hyehwa Art Center in Seoul, only a few days after its creation! If you wish to buy a signed limited edition print of this artwork, please contact info@benheine.com or contact@inmd.co.kr. View the other artwork I made in Seoul. Also view my photos of Seoul by night. All the photos in this blog post were taken with the Samsung Galaxy NX Camera.

Ben Heine working on Pencil Vs Camera 77 in Seoul - © 2013

Cheonggyecheon is an 8.4 km (5.2 miles) long, modern public recreation space in downtown Seoul. The massive urban renewal project is on the site of a stream that flowed before the rapid post-war economic development required it to be covered by transportation infrastructure. The $900 million project initially attracted much public criticism but, after opening in 2005, has become popular among city residents and tourists.

Sketch in progress - Pencil Vs Camera 77 - © 2013 Ben Heine

Double Landscapes

LONDON:

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(See it on deviantART)

SANTORINI:
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(See it on deviantART)

BARCELONA:

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(See it on deviantART)

© 2012 - Ben Heine

Chloé Von Arx
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(See it on Flickr)

I recently met Chloé in Brussels (we are almost neighbours!), she is a Swiss comedian and a video director. She participated until recently in the Belgian radio show "Le Jeu des Dictionnaires". She has one of the most amazing voices I ever heard. The above picture has been shot with the Samsung NX11, provided by Samsung Electronics. Co.

© 2011 - Ben Heine

Brussels By Night

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(See it on Flickr)

A picture I took in Brussels (Belgium), a few days ago. It is
a long exposure shot and I've repainted some parts of it...
The cars were really close to me and going fast! Lots of fun!
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4 random details:
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© 2011 - Ben Heine

Fira by Night
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(See it on Flickr)
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A picture I took in Fira (Santorini, Greece), last summer. It is a long exposure shot and I've repainted some parts of it. Fira is the modern capital of the Greek Aegean island, Santorini. It is a traditional settlement. The view from there is magnificent, with a unique panorama showing the 18 km long caldera from southern Cape Akrotiri to northern Cape Ag. Nikolaos, plus the volcanic island Nea Kameni at the center with Thirassia Island in the distant west on blue Aegean water. Fira is a town of white-washed houses built on the edge of the 400 m high caldera on the western edge of the semi-circular island of Thera

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Random detail (big zoom in the centre of the picture):
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© 2011 - Ben Heine

Athens from the Acropolis
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(See it on Flickr)

I took this photo in Athens, Greece, with the Acropolis just behind me... Mount Lycabettus is a Cretaceous limestone hill in Athens, Greece. At 277 meters (908 feet) above sea level, the hill (also known as Lycabettos or Lykabettos) is the highest point in the city that surrounds it. Pine trees cover its base, and at its peak are the 19th century Chapel of St. George, a theatre, and a restaurant.

(The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10)

© 2010 - Ben Heine

Belgacom Towers
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A reflection of the Belgacom Towers located in Brussels.
The buildings take their name from the leading telecommunications
company. They are among the tallest skyscrapers in Belgium.
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Canal of Brussels
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One of the oldest navigable canals in Belgium and in Europe.
Construction work began in 1550 and lasted until 1561.
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Enjoying the Moment
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Peaceful moment in the gardens of
"Le Mont des Arts", a famous Belgian place...
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Enjoying the Moment

A poem by Peter S. Quinn

Enjoying the moment
In its day by going day
Their feature and foment
That’s coming the way
With sunshine spirits on
And touching a while
Until it’s again gone
With its summer smile

Like breeze in the alley
Among dreams going by
Of an urban dillydally
Under blue open sky
Contacts thru moments
Those feelings do employ
In picturesque fragments
Of buoyancy to enjoy

Listen to the fussing
Of people walking near
Some of it’s quite buzzing
Inside the close-by ear
As days go here about
Thru the lively street
Surrounded by turnout
In latest gladness beat
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The above photos have been shot with the Samsung NX10, which
has been provided to me by Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.

I've taken these photos 2 days ago in Brussels.
More photos from my city.

© 2010 - Ben Heine

Pencil Vs Camera - 8

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This is a view of Utrecht from the Dom Tower, which is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands, at 112.5 metres (368 feet) in height (I've lived 7 months in Utrecht). I took the photo and drew the 2 sketches. It was kind of hard to hold the 2 pieces of paper with one hand... :)

© 2010 - Ben Heine

Pencil Vs Camera - 4

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This is the legendary "Tram 28" in Lisbon, Portugal
I drew the sketch and took the photo

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Tram 28

By Peter S. Quinn

Lisbon, Portugal
In a tram 28
A drawing erasable
Or a living state

Situation is complex
We are its fact
Visions from our cortex
Those we on react

Dream world between
Is it really so?
Frame of mind seen
The rest we don’t know

© 2010 - Ben Heine

Paris from the Eiffel Tower

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© 2009 - Ben Heine
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This is a view of Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower (324 meters/1063 feet high). The image is huge, please enlarge for full details by clicking here (original size!). It actually is a montage of 12 photos (no fish eye, no wide angle...). It took me 2 days of work. (And at this link, you'll see this image with several notes describing all the visible monuments).

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Something Strange

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© 2009 - Ben Heine
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A view of Brussels from my Balcony
with a slight manipulation :)
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I wrote the following poem in 2003,
it's only available in French, sorry about that...
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Mégapole

Par Ben Heine

Des rayons de verre et d'acier m'aveuglent,
Des reflets hurlent et transpercent l'horizon.
Des cubes de toutes dimensions s'élèvent.
Pas de verdure au pied de ces temples modernes.

Un vent de matière inerte surgit.
Je marche sur le sol sombre.
Cherchant une voie dans l'espace,
Près de ces masses qui m'enlacent.

Puis un soleil brûlant soudain scintille.
Une joie intense m'irradie,
Et brise la mélancolie citadine,
J'ai envie de sourire à la vie.

I See Light
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© 2009 - Ben Heine
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This Light

By Peter S. Quinn

This light is a light out
In its flickering caressing flow
Some themes in shadows about
In their way in, to and fro go

Those pleasing of dim flames
So dear to the night to hold
The streets of the nocturnal names
From inside dreams never told

Those light from bulbs and fiction
To carry their ecstasies run
Without this worlds addiction
Universes between night and evening sun

Deepness of being something more
To give us their spills of shadows
Each dripping dropp of glowing store
That with the new day all goes

Dim lights from lamps here between
In glowing thick gloomy night
The winter thoughts not else seen
In ordinary underneath daylight

The feeling forgotten into sleep
But giving its breath of being
Something among between to keep
Without it actually all seeing
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A song of me and you

© 2009 - Ben Heine
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One of my illustrations on paper
(black ink and watercolor)
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A moving poem sent
to me by Sana Iftikhar
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A song of me and you
With riddles that are no secrets to us
But make other weary
A song of me and you
With love and hope and joy for life
Senses elate with joy of making love
Hope of making it last a life time
A song of me and you
With celestial sounds that’s sweeter than honey
Introspection or just mere impulsiveness
The need grows as our song comes to life
A song of me and you
Like a tale of an ancient warrior
A Greek god maybe
With riddles that are no secret to us
But makes other weary
A song of me and you
With lyrics lingering on our skin
Tracing their way to each others soul
Embedded like stars in a deep blue sky
A song of me and you
Like a poem that tells a story
Of love lost and found
Of faith embraced and revered
Of hearts mingling with ecstasy
Of souls coming to rest
Let that be ... a song of me and you.
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Almost There
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© 2008 - Ben Heine

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Some Ways

By Peter S. Quinn

Some ways will never leave
For someone put them there
They are old ways archives
Buildings with a spiral stair

Blacker than dreams inside
People are making walls
Where they in their ways hide
When some stranger calls

Nothing can be done then right
Silences are giving terms
Into the lonesome way of night
The status quo of the perms
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(The poem appeared on petersquinn.blogspot.com)

PS : This is a long exposure shot I made
by night somewhere in the centre of Brussels
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Put the Volume Up !

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© 2008 - Ben Heine

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The Pulse Beat of Life
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By Darrell
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The sound of music drifts into the street,
the beat beat beat,
crowds of faces come and go,
drifting along with the night’s flow,
some feel high,
some feel low,
some are here to put on a show,
others are just trying to let go,
some are looking for someone to know,
someone to hold,
to feel less cold,
but they all just tryin to walk life’s long road.

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(The poem appeared on Visionofspirit.gaia.com)

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PS : This is a photo I took
by night in the centre of Brussels.
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Le Cinquantenaire,
Brussels by Night
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© 2008 - Ben Heine
(click on image to enlarge)
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Closed Path
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By Rabindranath Tagore

I thought that my voyage had come to its end
at the last limit of my power,
that the path before me was closed,
that provisions were exhausted
and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity.

But I find that thy will knows no end in me.
And when old words die out on the tongue,
new melodies break forth from the heart;
and where the old tracks are lost,
new country is revealed with its wonders.
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(The poem appeared on Tagorepoetry.com)
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PS : This is a photo I took by night in the centre of Brussels. On the background, you can see the Arch of the "Cinquantenaire Art Museum", which is one of the most famous monuments in the city. The "Belliard Tunnel" goes under the whole structure (including the Park)!
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