Homo Urbanus - Ivan Mervillie

Homo Urbanus

Focusing on Homo Urbanus – man living in urban areas – through black & white street photography in Ghent, Belgium during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely a lady in between two housing blocks

Squeezed in

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of two youngsters on a tandem bike in back light

Tandem bike

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of two youngsters at the foot of a music kiosk at dusk.

Couple at the foot of a music kiosk at dusk.

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of a young woman with a suitcase at the front door of a house at dusk

Coming or going

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of two young women enjoying a quick snack

Elegant hand gesture

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of a young man on a bike entering the image in a beam of light

Into the light

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of a man looking at his watch in front of a train station

Running late

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of two boys before a backdrop of blue sky

Deep blue sky

Black & white image of a young man in a Nespresso shop

Holy coffee

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of two young women with an ice-cream in front of the St Nicholas' Church in Ghent

Dessert

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of two guys waiting for the bus at night

Bus stop

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of a man on a bicycle in back light sunburst

Cyclist silhouette

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of three guys seen from a lower vantage point

Keep focus

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of a bearded cyclist in back light sunburst

The bearded cyclist

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of a lonely bicycle rider under a huge flyover

Cyclist flyover

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of a young woman having a exhilarate telephone conversation

Exhilarant telephone conversation

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of a woman looking over her shoulder in front of a blue sky backdrop

Looking back on brighter days

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of a young man walking his dog in back light sunburst

Welcome the sun

Black & white street photography of homo urbanus, more precisely of a young father pushing his pram in front of a blue sky backdrop

Nobody but the baby