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23/01/2026

These powerful portraits capture the dangers that photographers face when documenting protests.

27/09/2025

New arrival:
Transcripts of a sea by Stephan Vanfleteren
€78,50 DM to order.

Stephan Vanfleteren’s photographic quest for the many faces of the sea

‘The sea never makes a fuss. You don’t have to explain yourself or be polite. What does she care what you think of her or what you make of her. When you come or where you enter her. I capture, interpret, sublimate, abstract. I show everything, I show nothing.’
— Stephan Vanfleteren

In Transcripts of a Sea, the internationally renowned photographer Stephan Vanfleteren (b. 1969) shares the enchantment that has driven him to the sea over the past five years. He analyses the sea, in all her various shapes and ever-changing light, with an obsession bordering on the dangerous, and with a fluid longing.

Stormy, mirror-like, misty, thunderous, the surface deceptively calm or like a wildly-thumping washing-machine drum: the photographer does not observe it from the beach or from a boat but opts for a wet confrontation by literally immersing himself in the sea.

136 extraordinary images with texts by Stephan Vanfleteren, Johan De Smet and Manfred Sellink.

Published to accompany the eponymous exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent (MSK) from 20 September 2025 to 4 January 2026.

27/09/2025

New book arrival:

FLANDRIEN by Stephan Vanfleteren

The heroes of the Tour of Flanders and the Paris-Roubaix are tough and determined. The Flemings specialise in riding on bad roads and in bad weather. This set of photos provides an intimate and emotional portrait of these legendary athletes, landscapes and the Flemish culture. Stephan Vanfleteren has been photographing cycling races in Belgium and its surrounding areas for more than fifteen years already.

With more than 100 images, carefully selected by Stephan Vanfleteren.

€24,50 DM to order.

06/05/2025

24/04/2025

Ben je ondernemer in het Zuid Limburgse Heuvelland en zoek je nog een goed en goedkoop AOV alternatief. Join Broodfonds Vallis nu!

26/02/2025

Godox LiteFlow. Onmisbaar voor filmmakers. Een aanwinst voor fotografen.

Los complexe licht situaties op of creëer ze!

Uit voorraad leverbaar als set of los naar eigen smaak zelf samen te stellen.

Stuur een PM voor een offerte op maat.

29/11/2024

It took a while but we finally changed from ALL4 to Focal Plane - photo gear & more and even started at a new location in Vaals. Now we have more space for more services like: fine art printing. And above all…more space to stock. 👍

19/07/2024

Is er ergens een storinkje? Iets met Windows?
😂😂😂😂

26/06/2024

Kom naar de Üllemarkt in Vaals op 7 juli van 10 tot 17 uur. Locatie: von Clermontplein.

Ik sta er met vintage fotospullen:
- Foba studio fotolampen uit de 60’s en 70’s
- analoge camera’s 60’s, 70’s, 80’s
- vintage flitsers
- accessoires
- cameralampen
- fotoboeken

Tevens:
- Permajet baryta print papier en sample sets.
- fine art prints
- vintage Ray-Ban brillen made in USA (voor 1989) en Ray-Ban reclame materiaal.

Aub delen! Thx!

22/12/2023

To our dear customers, friends, family and photography enthusiasts….Sparkling holidays and a magical new year.

In 2024, we are going to change a lot. We will start with a new name: FOCAL PLANE photo gear & more.

Stay tuned!