I don’t know why I give myself these big tasks to review my own year. But at the same time, it’s a great way to show off and also give myself an idea of how my last 12 months went.
So here we go.
As a starter, it was useful to make a brief overview of what really stood out to me each month.
2025 in review
- January
- Started on Bluesky this year, as an alternative to Twitter
- Visited Namur for the first time
- February
- Visited Amsterdam
- Visited an event with Harry Gruyaert talking
- March
- Learning more about my Z8 autofocus system at a Nikon Workshop
- Celebrated over 1000 plays on the podcast, hooray!
- April
- Revenge of the Sith in cinemas
- Visiting the Steve McCurry expo in Brussels
- May
- Amsterdam again
- Workshop with Chris Harrison at BSPF
- June
- First-ever protest (in Brussels)
- Best Kept Secret festival (with Caribou)
- July
- Trip to Amsterdam, The Hague, and Rotterdam
- Started the Antwerp Street Photography Community
- August
- Antwerp Pride parade
- Getting on Substack
- Giving a smartphone photography workshop in FOMU
- September
- Another protest
- A talk from Anton Corbijn
- October
- Getting a 40mm lens
- Photographing an event in the Flemish Parliament
- November
- Efteling with family
- Last sprint of the busy season
- December
- Visiting London
- Following a portrait photography workshop
2025 in some quick numbers:
- 107 movies watched
- 44 books read
- 18 podcast episodes released
- 1096 street photos got exported from Lightroom
Firsts of 2025:
- Visiting Namur
- Battle Karting in Brussels
- Rage Room in Antwerp
- Watched my first 4Dx movie: Revenge of the Sith
- Visited and photographed the events around the Antwerp 10 Miles
- Visited the Winter Circus in Ghent
- Visited the ACCE (Antwerp Classic Car Event)
- Having a photo exhibited at ‘t Steen
- Followed a Chris Harrison street photography workshop
- OLT in Antwerpen (Open Lucht Theater)
- Best Kept Secret Festival
- Saw Lucy Dacus, The Streets, Amen Ra, Kneecap, TV on the Radio, Soulwax, and Caribou
- Protesting in Brussels (twice)
- Going to a movie alone – it’s fun, should’ve done it way earlier
- Visiting the Rijksmuseum
- Visiting the Van Gogh Museum
- Visiting the Fotomuseum Den Haag
- Seeing Future Islands
- Reuzenstoet in Deurne
- Using a Nikkor Z 40mm f/2 lens
- Being/photographing in the Flemish Parliament
- Picking up my niece at daycare
- Photographing a Sinterklaas party
- Following a workshop abroad
Looking ahead to 2026
Looking back at 2025, I learned a lot, which also influenced my photography style. Looking ahead to 2026, I want to keep doing that, maybe even ramping up the pace and volume.
But at the same time, I want to do it more quietly. Do less social media nonsense. Focusing more on one-to-one experiences with the podcast and following more workshops, and joining more festivals and meetups/walks.
I have made an entire podcast episode on my views on my street photography and social media.
My 2025 street photos
Walk sign and pedestrian 
Parkbrug with shattered window 
pedestration at crosswalk with shopping bag 
Painting and similar looking man rue Ernest Allard 
Man sitting on Mont Des Arts listening to headphones 
Man with hat going down brick stairs 
construction site and pedestrians frankrijklei 
Antwerp Classic Car Event BTS 
My 2025 corporate work photos
Winter circus light and colour play 
Taking a selfie at a boat networking event 
Speaker at corporate event 
Staff at conference 
post speaking networking moment 
Photo with the Salesforce mascotte 
Presenter at conference in Nekkerhal 
Networking at Port of Antwerp 
Brassband and drums at a conference 
Catering at an event 
Getting fries from the frituur 
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