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Maria Marcos Alvarez's avatar

How to get the best out of the worst circumstances. Just 40 clicks!!!! OMG!!!! Me with my 4.000 pictures in the days of Kumbh Mela.

Really nice work ❤️

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Pie Aerts's avatar

Sure there’s some gold in your set!!

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Taj's avatar

What an inspiring and unique perspective. Created purely from the heart and born of necessity it can never be duplicated. Rare jewels. When art Becomes a spiritual experience, you have hit the mother load! Bravo! Well done ! Salute 🫡

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Pie Aerts's avatar

🥀💛✨ thanks!

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Leïla Joy's avatar

this was such a wonderful read, thank you. really inspiring and once again nudging a common thought of mine about how much i would love to lean into analogue photography… one day… you’re an epic storyteller, too.

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Pie Aerts's avatar

Happy you agree

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Tri's avatar

Wow Pie...you can write!! Crazy story man. Thanks for sharing! I hope your cameras never break down on you like that again!

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Pie Aerts's avatar

Thanks brother!!

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Margreet Prins's avatar

What a story Pie🙈but yes beautiful pictures!

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Pie Aerts's avatar

🙏🏼💛

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Francesco Latino's avatar

Reading this now, what a story! Say hello to all the fellows at Chico and looking forward to getting your feedback on the whole experience!

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Pie Aerts's avatar

Thanks mate

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Nicola Agliata's avatar

so much magic in these polaroids

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Pie Aerts's avatar

🙏🏼💛

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Drew Boysen's avatar

Loved this tale of perseverance and optimizing of the tools you were left with! Your photographs excel and the humanity shines through as always. Please keep writing these substacks!

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Pie Aerts's avatar

Thanks for appreciating it

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Jonathan Zaoui's avatar

Loved this story! Such a great reminder that sometimes our most meaningful creative breakthroughs come from moments when things go completely off track. Funny how losing control can bring us right back to what matters most in photography: genuinely experiencing and appreciating the moment. Thanks for sharing this!

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Pie Aerts's avatar

It’s a beautiful process to experience 🙏🏼

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Uday Khambadkone's avatar

Wow! What an experience. You also know how to tell a great story

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Pie Aerts's avatar

🙏🏼💛

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Dan D'Ascenzo's avatar

Such a great and powerful story Pie.

Images are Superb. All

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Pie Aerts's avatar

✨💛💛

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Fliss Dodd's avatar

Holy moly!!!! That would have been so incredibly frustrating to say the least. Such incredible images from this time and I love how this experience slowed you down to sit and hold more observation. That’s special.

Thanks for sharing.

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Pie Aerts's avatar

Thanks for your appreciation!

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Cedric's avatar

Great story and amazing lesson in "when the universe gives you lemons".

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Pie Aerts's avatar

✨💛💛

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Marcel Borgstijn's avatar

Wow, amazing story on resilience. Thanks for sharing this wonderful adventure.

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Pie Aerts's avatar

✨💛

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By Isaia's avatar

Unbelievable! These photos hold an extra something, a nerve, that is very noticeable and they just speak directly to one’s heart and sensitivity. Thank you for standing and not giving up, and continuing to move and inspire us with your art, life lessons, resilience and sensitivity🙏🩵

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Pie Aerts's avatar

Thanks for following my journey 💛

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Davide.sva88's avatar

how can i say... these stories are incredible! i've been following you for a long time, i think your photos are wonderful. to think that they are taken with a simple polaroid, i'm speechless. congratulations Pie!

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Pie Aerts's avatar

That’s very kind, thank you

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