Viewfinders Newsletter October 2020 by Viewfinders Photography Club of Brussels

Since 1994 Next meeting: 21 October - online

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Newsle�er 271, October 2020

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INTRODUCTION By Alun Foster

©Anne-Chris�ne Brouwers

ith the relevant numbers for the covid-19 pandemic going all the wrong ways and with the prospect of con�nued difficul�es and dangers, I guess “ge�ng a li�le bit fed up with it all” won’t really cover it. However, I think we can be thankful for the efforts of those who give up some of their �me to help us all through this by providing some interes�ng and useful distrac�on. My thanks especially go to the colleagues in the Viewfinders commi�ee for their dedica�on and perseverance. With the new newsle�er team (can you say that?) pre�y well hi�ng the ground running and with help from some lovely contribu�ons, producing their first ever-beau�ful publica�on, with another successful online mee�ng behind us (and huge thanks to Nick Hannes for his insights behind these interes�ng photo series) and also to Hector for organising the recent photo walks, and indeed everyone else for taking care of all the details that are vital in keeping our club interes�ng and of service to our members. With summer now quite posi�vely behind us and the nights drawing in, we are happy to offer some photo projects to keep your crea�vity on the boil, inspired in part by the prevailing situa�on.

the explanatory notes for the Challenge will make clear), there can be many more ways of trea�ng this quite enigma�c topic. Gosh! I’m already looking forward to the December mee�ng!

October Mee�ng Preview Come join us at our next Viewfinders club mee�ng on the evening of Wednesday, 21 October, star�ng at 20:00. Due to ongoing COVID-19 related restric�ons, we will s�ll be having online Zoom mee�ngs. The login informa�on will be sent to all members by e-mail several days prior to the club mee�ng. A�er Alun’s announcements, Bob Taylor will present a short tutorial on “Photographing Wild Animals in your Garden”. The main event of the evening is member por�olios, where members will have the opportunity to present photos from their library of images. Members will receive further details by e-mail. Looking forward to seeing you at the club mee�ng on 21 October.

Our Club Challenge “Inside” (judged at the December mee�ng) fairly obviously draws inspira�on from this, but (as 2

VIEWFINDERS MEETING September 23 By Miguel Angel Vilar

new season has started! Contrary to what our hopes were back in June, we are forced to keep personal meetings on hold and continue with online gatherings. Nevertheless, it is great to see everyone back, and on the positive side, this opens the door to having speakers that would not have been possible to have in Brussels in normal conditions. The meeting started with a welcome by Alun and some announcements. For the 2020-2021 season, two challenges have been proposed: “Inside” for December and “Texture” for April 2021, along with three projects with the themes of Food Photography, Negative Space and The Human Condition. More details for each of the projects will be coming later. We welcome the new faces who joined the committee. You can see the entire organization and how to contact them in the last pages of this newsletter. Also, club members can now get a 30% discount on Affinity Photo or any other software from Affinity. Second in the agenda, Alun gave us an intro to the physics of flash, or as he liked to call it, “Fysics of Phlash”. While the subject of flash photography can be talked about for hours, he managed to provide basic concepts and key principles on the direction of light and how to optimize the use of flash under different conditions. A copy of his presentation, along with other TTT’s from previous meetings can be found on the Tutorial Notes page in our site. Our guest speaker for the evening was Nick Hannes, a Belgian photographer who worked as a photojournalist before concentrating on documentary photography. He presented several projects, most of which have been published in print. His work has a strong social and political content focusing on how we humans relate to our environment and the cities where we live.

“Garden of delight” is a study on excessive urbanization, a critical view on the success story of Dubai. For this book, Nick explained how he had to go through a lot of bureaucracy to get all the permissions he needed, but once past this process, the doors opened to him to a different perspective, a more insightful view of life in Dubai, perhaps not often seen through photography. Nick finished with a more personal project — a photo diary of his life during the lockdown with his wife and his two daughters. An image from his diary was published daily in De Standaard. These photos have later formed the self-published book “An Unexpected Lesson in Joy”. While navigating though the photos and explaining the messages behind, Nick also provided an insightful perspective of what it takes to develop and execute each of these projects, planning ahead for every visit, spending many hours in every place.

His first book “Red Journey” was a result of a trip around the former Soviet Union and defined the style that he would follow in subsequent works, seeking rather simple compositions, direct message and non-staged imagery.

The most important lesson I take from his photography is his way to produce simple non-staged compositions (and minimal post-processing) to deliver an impressive image and an effective thought-provoking message, sometimes bringing more questions than answers, as one of the attendants put it.

“Mediterranean – The Continuity of Man” is the result of 5 years travelling across all the countries along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. In the words of the author, the project confronts several contemporary issues like urbanization, mass tourism, migration, crises and how they are reflected across these countries. The Mediterranean is seen nowadays as a barrier as opposed to a crossroads between cultures.

In all it was an interesting and inspirational presentation. The amount of interaction between the speaker and the attendants, along with the flow of positive feedback in the chat serves as proof. It’s been a good start for the 2020-2021 season.

©Nick Hannes - from “Mediterranean – The Continuity of Man”

Miguel Angel Vilar

©Nick Hannes - from “Garden of delight”

THE NEW NORMAL By Jason Kravitz

All images ©Jason Kravitz

One warm spring day in April 2019, I was checking out some travel photos when I saw a funky image of what looked like people walking through water. It was labeled "Moses Bridge, Netherlands." "Whoa", I thought to myself, "I could go see that!" Soon a�er, we loaded up the dogs in the car for a spontaneous road trip to this gem of a photography ou�ng in Halsteren, only 100km from Brussels. The whole area, which is just north of Bergen Op Zoom, is called Fort De Roovere, and was historically a major defensive line from the 17th century as part of the Hollandse Waterlinie (Dutch Water Line). These days you can enjoy hiking, cycling, a picnic, or even a coffee at a snack bar on the premises. When I visited, there were lots of families out enjoying the day with plenty of space for children to run around. My dogs revelled in the natural environment and even indulged in an unplanned swim in one of the canals. 4

For photographers, there are two unique architectural features, both designed by RO&AD Architecten. The first, which led me to the place, is called the Loopgraa�rug (Trench Bridge). Also nicknamed the "Moses Bridge", because when someone walks through the old moat, it appears they are par�ng the waters like a miniature Red Sea. The bridge uses a crea�ve design featuring two dams on either side of the structure, as well as a drainage system which pumps out any water that accumulates at the bo�om. Not far from the bridge is a 21st century take on a fortress watchtower called Pompejus. This modern structure is a 25m tower leaning over the moat with 129 steps to the top where you can see 20km in all direc�ons. A�er pos�ng a few of my favorites from the day on Aminus3, my daily photo website, I moved on and most of my pictures remained in the archives. Un�l a year later. As we all know, by April 2020 we were experiencing one of the most uncertain periods in modern history. Most countries were implemen�ng full lock downs and fear of contrac�ng a poten�ally deadly virus was occupying the thoughts of most everyone on the planet. I was looking for new photos to post on my website when I flipped back through these Moses Bridge images. The world looked remarkably different from that innocent ou�ng just a year earlier. Phrases like "The New Normal" and thoughts about the world being upside down gave me an idea. Due to the surreal bridge floa�ng in water, these photos were already a li�le disorien�ng, but turning them upside down for me visually conveyed the strange new world we were living in a year a�er the photos were taken. 5

Here, the fuzzy reflec�ons of people were "right side up", while their corporeal selves mirror below. Several of the reversed images lent themselves nicely to themes of the �mes including, "self isola�on", "zooming with myself", and "social distancing." Back in 2019, I had posted on my website the minimalist photo of the red headed woman on the bridge with the �tle, "The ones we've loved, the one's we've lost." That seemed rather prescient in hindsight as Coronavirus has now claimed more than a million lives on this planet. As I was considering these photos and this place in a new context, it occurred to me that the whole idea of for�fica�on was a good metaphor for state of the world in 2020.

Self Isola�on

Forts like this along the Hollandse Waterlinie were conceived during the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) as means of defending against Spanish forces. Using the sea and water defences, Holland was transformed into a series of islands, making it much harder for opposing armies to lay siege to inland ci�es. These same defences proved worthy for centuries all the way up un�l World War II when modern weapons made them obsolete. That same idea can be extended to the present state of the world, where an emergent virus was able to bring modern society to an abrupt halt. We are at a pinnacle of scien�fic innova�on, and yet our defences were quite ineffec�ve at stopping the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus.

Zooming with Myself

Add to that some of the most tumultuous events in recent history in terms of poli�cal upheaval, racial inequality, economic disparity, climate crisis, and societal polariza�on, and we can see that the status quo "defenses" and ways of being are cracking at the seams. Flipping these photos upside down has created for me a new perspec�ve literally and metaphorically. Over the last months I have found that new approaches to my photographic processing in terms of "changing my perspec�ve", "seeing differently", finding "new angles", and crea�ve edi�ng have all helped in naviga�ng my way through these strange �mes. Perhaps we are all being challenged to assess what is not working in our lives and make changes towards new ways of being.

Social Distancing

FILTERS: What They Are and How Do We Use Them? By Simon Pugh

Whether you’re just star�ng with photography or have a bit more experience, it’s never too late to learn about, or refresh your knowledge of, filters. In this ar�cle we’ll be looking at the some of the most popular sorts of filters, what they do and how they can be used. We’ll also briefly look at filter op�ons for cameras other than the DSLRs. First of all, let’s take a look at the two most popular, and most useful, filters that every photographer should possess. 1: The UV (or Skylight) filter. Once upon a �me photography involved placing a light sensi�ve roll of film into a camera and exposing it to the light. Most of the �me the results were slightly unpredictable even more so when the photo was taken outdoors. Quite o�en these outdoor photos would show a blue “haze”, an effect caused by the film’s sensi�vity to ultra-violet (UV) light. To combat this the UV (or Skylight) filter was invented. The filter reduced the amount of UV light entering the lens and therefore reduced the haze. With modern digital photography the sensor in the camera is not (as) sensi�ve to UV light and so the effect in less apparent however the UV filter serves a very important purpose. Being low in cost, and with an impercep�ble influence on image quality, the UV filter, once fi�ed to the front of a camera lens, now serves as a protec�on. A�er all, if it gets damaged in any way, it’s easier to replace a UV filter than the front element of a lens.

©Sabine Posdziech (ND filter)

2: The Polariser filter. Another indispensable filter is the Polariser. Most useful for photography outdoors when the sun is shining, polarising filters eliminate light from reflected surfaces such as water, leaves and glass, as well as reducing the haze and darkening the blue sky posi�oned at 90° to the sun. They also enhance colour satura�on giving an image a certain vibrancy that can some�mes be difficult to reproduce during edi�ng. The ability to reduce reflec�ons and glare can also be used indoors when photographing highly reflec�ve surfaces such as polished tables or items made from, or behind, glass. Polarisers are made from two pieces of glass, one of which can be rotated to adjust the amount of filtra�on, and thus the degree of effect that the filter has, upon the photo. For this reason, polarisers are usually circular although linear (square) ones do exist. One nega�ve effect of polarising filters is that they reduce the amount of light entering a lens, usually by two or three stops, and so require compensa�on either by increasing aperture, shu�er speed or ISO value. 7

©Sabine Posdziech (Close up filter)

3: The Neutral Density (ND) filter. Neutral density filters come in two different sorts and have two very different applica�ons. Both sorts reduce the amount of light entering the lens, however one sort - a solid neutral density filter limits the amount over the en�re image, and the other - a graduated neutral density filter - limits the amount over only a por�on (usually a half). By reducing the amount of light entering the lens over the en�re area, solid neutral density (ND) filters allow the photographer to decrease the shu�er speed to blur mo�on in situa�ons where adjus�ng ISO value or aperture is no longer possible. For example, think about trying to photograph a street scene on a bright sunny day where you’d like to use a shu�er speed long enough that any people present would be blurred beyond recogni�on. This would probably involve a shu�er speed of many tens of seconds but even with the smallest aperture and lowest ISO value, the shu�er speed may only be a couple of seconds. A ND filter ould therefore permit a longer shu�er speed achieving the desired effect. Various different strengths of ND are available as well as ones that have the possibility to vary the strength as desired. Graduated neutral density filters (GND) reduce the amount of light entering the lens over only a por�on of the image. This sort of filter is used in landscape photography to balance the exposure between the land and sky. Various degrees (or strengths) of filtra�on are available usually in

0.3, 0.6 and 0.9 stops. It is also possible to choose the transi�on on the filter between the clear and filtered area, between a so� and hard transi�on. Due to their different applica�ons ND and GND filters are usually used as circular filters and square filters respec�vely. The la�er requires the use of a filter holding system that screws onto the front of the lens and allows the filter to be slo�ed in and adjusted as required.

4: Close-up filters. If you’re looking to get into macro photography – making detailed images of things close-up – then one op�on is to use a close-up filter. This is basically a filter that is placed at the front of the lens and allows the camera to focus at a really close distance. Something similar to reading glasses or a magnifying glass. The effect of this is to allow the lens to be placed nearer to the subject being photographed and so allows more detail to be seen. Close-up filters are available in various strengths allowing for different degrees of magnifica�on and some makes allow the different strength filters to be screwed together, or “stacked”, to cumula�vely increase the effect. Due to their rela�vely small size and light weight, these filters are handy if you’re heading out for a trek and don’t own, or feel like carrying, a macro lens. Close-up filters, or lenses, also exist for smartphones and are ideal to carry in a backpack or bag for those unexpected moments. 8

MEET MIGUEL ANGEL VILAR

am from Pozo Alcón, a small town in the south of Spain. I’ve been living abroad for almost 25 years now; first in Minneapolis (Minnesota USA), where I formed a family. Later we moved to Singapore and we’ve lived in Belgium since 2012. Each place has shaped who I am. I joined Viewfinders in April 2016, and the committee in September of that same year, as Newsletter publisher and helping redesign the web site. I had no initial interest in photography but it grew on me progressively while living in Singapore and travelling across Asia. All images ©Miguel Angel Vilar

I recall that as a small kid, I used to draw sunsets with crayons. I was always fascinated by the transition of colors over the horizon and would try to replicate it on paper. That fascination came back with photography while in Asia, as I became obsessed with capturing the perfect sunset over the sea. I exploited all possibilities of my well-equipped compact camera, but it was never good enough. I got hooked, I started taking photography more seriously, reading magazines and watching tutorials for hours. In my holiday pictures, my wife and two daughters would still appear, but I started placing them from center to the right (rule of thirds ;-), and then further to the right… till they were out of the frame. Eventually I upgraded to my first SLR in 2012. I think I captured enough sunsets during my first years (haven’t we all?). I moved on, I’ve had periods exploring any creative style or technique I could think of, at home and outdoors. However, I don’t accumulate a lot of gear, I like to keep it simple. I am not into a particular kind of photography. I like to play with geometry, textures, minimalism, decay, black & white, high contrast. I am always attracted to architecture, and buildings in ruins, especially in rural surroundings, and how they blend in the environment and get absorbed by wild nature. Photography has become a big passion, but it is still second to my long- time interest in electronic and experimental music, soundscapes and field recordings. In the same backpack as the camera, I always carry a sound recorder with me, ready to capture ambient sounds wherever I go. A future project in mind would be combining sound and music with photography (my own or by others…that’s an open call:). Miguelangelvilar.com Symmetryreflection.com Instagram

WHAT’S UP?

“The World within” - PhotoBrussels Fes�val (20/11/2020 – 23/01/2021) Hangar Art Center, 18 Place du Châtelain, 1050 Brussels. Exhibi�on of pictures taken by confined ar�sts during lockdown. Nick Hannes, our guest speaker from the September Viewfinders mee�ng, is contribu�ng to 'The World within' with pictures from his series “An unexpected lesson in joy.” © Nick Hannes

“Nordic Noir” - Exhibi�on Sebas�an Van Malleghem (30/9 – 22/10/2020) Office du Tourisme-Inforville, 1 place de l' Université, 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve. Sebas�an Van Malleghem is a Belgian photographer who has received numerous awards, including the Bozar/Nikon Monography Serie Award 2015 for his reportage “Prisons,” a true immersion in the prison system. Sebas�an's long-term projects focus on the idea of jus�ce in contemporary Europe. For four years he followed the daily job of police officers and their interac�on with the public, then he decided to enter inside Belgian prisons for more than three years from 2011 un�l 2014. Sébas�en went in Libya in 2012 to work on the ruins of the power a�er the death of Kaddafi. He covered the daily life of the people living in the streets of Berlin during five months in 2013. Van Malleghem focused on the Mexican Morgues in 2017, heroin addicts in North of France in 2018, and then went back to Belgium to photograph asylums in Flanders. Next to his European reportages, Sébas�en started another long-term project in 2012 focused on Scandinavia, which has been published in 2018 under the name of Nordic Noir and selected as one of the most cap�va�ng photo-books of the year by the independent magazine Mother Jones (USA). (text from burnmagazine.org)

10 ©Sebastian Van Malleghem

DISCOVERY

(Re)-Discover Robert Frank’s “The Americans,” a highly influen�al book in post-war American photography published in the US in 1959. Robert Frank's pictures reveal people plagued by racism, ill-served by their poli�cians and rendered numb by a rapidly expanding culture of consump�on. burn magazine is an evolving journal for emerging photographers. “burn is not a finished product. burn will not be the same tomorrow as it is today. Evolu�on and revolu�on are my keywords for living the photographic life”

“Divided we stand” by Monika Fischer and Mathias Braschler In April 2019, the photographers Monika Fischer and Mathias Braschler, who work and live in Switzerland and New York, started a 3-months trip through the US to portray and interview American ci�zens with a wide variety of backgrounds and very different opinions. It’s their very own contemporary approach and style, and may be worth reading in parallel to Robert Frank's work from the late 1950's.

AUTONOMIE Art'S BruXsel Rue de l'Autonomie 2 & 4, 1070 Anderlecht. New ar�st hub of 4000m² on 8 floors. Taking the staircase from floor to floor, you can admire the pictures from Eric Ostermann taken from the top of the building from 19/9 – 19/12/2020.

“Cooking in confinement” Discover the pictures (and recipes!) of the new “food gallery” from our club member Nathan Wajsman. As many others, Nathan and his family had to stop going to restaurants during confinement and started cooking even more at home than they usually do. And here's what came out of it! 11

LEUVEN TRAIN STATION PHOTO WALK By Kathy Moran

oca�on. Loca�on. Loca�on. Important in real estate and on photo walks! Hector’s choice of the Leuven train sta�on turned out to be spot on. We had architecture, trains, reflec�ons galore, color, emo�on, small details to observe, large expansive vistas, as well as people, movement and light. We observed. We watched as trains arrived and departed. We no�ced people saying goodbye and hello, mothers and daughters’ par�ng for what seemed like a long �me, students and grown-ups heads down staring at their phones. Covid did not leave us that day the signs, the gel, the masks, etc...were there to reminded us that the world is s�ll different.

©Miguel Angel Vilar

The Leuven train sta�on was a wonderful place to take pictures. The sta�on opened on September 22, 1837, and recently went through a major renova�on (started in 2000). It has large car and bike parking facili�es for parking and a bus sta�on. The sta�on is operated by the na�onal railway operator (NMBS), Leuven is located on railway line 36. What I found interes�ng was that the main criteria in the architectural design of the renova�on was “its great emo�onal significance”. The sweeping white canopies covering the tracks give shelter and light and an exci�ng feeling which contrasts yet goes with the older sta�on buildings. Located near the Martelarenplein square the sta�on is situated in a very lively part of town. A�er about 2 hours taking pictures around the sta�on we walked outside to see the sta�on from its exterior. One side is surrounded by brightly colored buildings like the Park Hotel.

©Kathy Moran

Finally we treated ourselves to an amazing ar�sanal ice cream on Ladeuzeplein square which had a “pop-up” amusement park. Seeing the rides, the haunted house, enjoying our ice creams we all felt 12 again. Each par�cipant added to the enjoyment of the day.

©Miguel Angel Vilar

Our photo walk in Leuven....as my Dad o�en said “...and a good �me was had by all!”

©Kathy Moran

TERVUREN PHOTO WALK

he plan was to walk in the morning but it was raining a lot. Since almost everybody was able to come in the a�ernoon, the appointment was shi�ed.

We were able to see a small frac�on of the more than 4000 sorts of mushrooms known in Belgium but they were present in great quan��es! Personal impressions of par�cipants: Besides a great �me spent with nice people it was also another inspiring experience learning something new – like how many mushrooms are there and how difficult it actually is to capture them considering the constraints set by the limited light and that usually they are not in an easy place to properly focus and build any composi�on! Great challenge for the skill! Gunars Jemeljanovs During these strange and difficult �mes, this opportunity to meet photo club colleagues and to photograph the nature inside the green forest, away from the urban rhythms was more than welcome; it was a necessity, especially for the photographer side of each of us. There are hidden, delicate and silent aspects of life that we o�en don’t no�ce. This was a �me to get the vibe of nature, to observe, think and feel; ul�mately, to photograph and record this natural beauty which is out of sight form most of us. Let’s prepare the next photographic getaway, while thanking the organizer and the par�cipants for some lovely few hours of a rainy Saturday of October. Sebas�an Boatca

©David Marsh

It was great to benefit from Hector’s good knowledge of the park in Tervuren, as well as his good prepara�on on the specific subject (mushrooms) and his advice on everything related to photography. I took the opportunity to do my first real a�empt at focus stacking, although I will need a lot more prac�ce to do it well. Joaquim Capitao I’ve never seen so many and so many varie�es in the Tervuren woods, but no fly agaric, just a clump with one crushed and the others all snipped off. For public safety, perhaps? David Marsh It was a perfect day for a walk in the Forest to view the fungi – a�er the morning rain there was plenty to see. Hector knows the forest well and knew were the specimens were. I do enjoy these walks as it is also a great opportunity to learn about your fellow viewfinders, and I certainly needed their help spo�ng some of the smaller fungi as my glasses kept steaming up because of my mask! Kim Harding

©Gunars Jemeljanovs

For this new photo walk of the season, Hector managed to chase away the darkest clouds and the rain. Having taken the �me to check out the site, his ground reconnaissance enabled us to discover amazing types of mushrooms, some�mes hidden behind the leaves, never seen before by many of us. The sun came out at the end of the quiet walk, confirming we have made the right decision to join. Anne-Chris�ne Brouwers Saturday’s photowalk was like a treasure-hunt. It was so nice to walk around the forest and spot mushrooms. Kathy Moran ©Kim Harding

AN AFFINITY FOR BENEFITS By Alun Foster

As announced at the last mee�ng, we have been able to obtain a special deal for Viewfinders members. The kind folk at Serif are allowing us to offer the special educa�on discount of 30% for one-�me purchase of a perpetual licence for Affinity Photo, which is fast becoming the preferred alterna�ve to Photoshop. Available only to paid-up members, the price is €38.49. The price is in fact valid for any of their graphics tools, or €95 for the whole set. For more informa�on please email president@viewfinders.be h�ps://affinity.serif.com/

©Stefan Waegemans

VIEWFINDERS CALENDAR 2020-2021 DATE

EVENT

DETAILS

21 October

Club Meeting

Members portfolios

18 November

Club Meeting

16 December

Club Meeting

13 January

Club Meeting

10 February

Club Meeting

17 March

Club Meeting

21 April

Club Meeting

Challenge: Texture

19 May

Club Meeting

Negative Space Photo project

09 June

Club Meeting

AGM & portfolios

Challenge: Inside

Food Photography project

COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2020-2021 President

Alun Foster

0496 572 402

alun@dafos.be

Vice President

Miguel Angel Vilar

0477 942 743

mavg30@gmail.com

Secretary

Richard Sylvester

0474 300 086

rsybru@gmail.com

Treasurer

Caroline Hendry

0494 089 098

caroline.hendry@mecar.be

Membership Coordinator

Dagmara Jakubowska

0485 796 565

jdagmara@yahoo.co.uk

Newsletter Publisher

Tine Stausholm

0468 062 875

tine@stausholm.uk

Newsletter Editor

Sabine Podziech

0798 122 942

sabine.42@hotmail.fr

IT Support Coordinator

Miguel Angel Vilar

0477 942 743

mavg30@gmail.com

Publicity Coordinator

Martin Schmid

0498 945 083

martin.schmid@hp.com

Programme Coordinator

N/A

AssociateCommittee members:

Philippe Clabots

0477 264 681

pclabots@gmail.com

Hector Epelbaum

0495 128 128

hectorVF@veqtor.com

Robert Paridaens

0475 203 524

paridaensrobert@hotmail.com

Alun

Miguel Angel

Richard

Caroline

Tine

Sabine

Martin

Philippe

Robert

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