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When Moammar Gaddafi was killed after half a year of protests and war, somehow the idea came to me that fate is very impredictable. Of course Gaddafi was a villain, but for years and years the West treated him as a nice villain, and with a bit of luck he could have died like that, of old age, amongst good friends like Silvio and Nicolas.
So what determines if you end as a hero or a villain?
This picture in no way wants to commemorate Gaddafi, but the unpredictable fate of heroes, leaders and freedom fighters of all kinds, whether their name is Jezus Christ, Spartacus or Garibaldi or Ernesto Guevara ...
Some people fight with them and support their goals, others just watch from a distance indifferently, still others symphatize or oppose without really knowing what it's all about. And nobody knows if you'll be remembered as a saviour or a fool in the end...

Actors: Waleed, Andy, Alain, Adriaan, An Sophie, Sofie
Body painting: Dirk De Jaegher
Art director: Patrick Keulemans
Thank you Dirk Hesse for the help with the props.
And a big thank you to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.

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Books are so inspiring, don't you think? :o)
Model: Sophie
MUA: Rania
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Before I start uploading new work, I can't resist to show you this portrait of my princess Esmeralda.
I hope 2012 will be as playful, curious, studious, funny and ravishing as she is, for each and everyone of you!

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Somewhere in the sky between Montreal and New York.
Funny thing is, when you arrive in NY by plane, coming from Canada, at first you don't recognize Manhattan at all. You see woods and prairies and a rugged coastline, but the Big Apple seems nothing more but a very small island with skyscrapers, lost in the vast beauty of nature.
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A view from the plane close to our landing on Zürich Airport.
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