City of Diamonds

Antwerp | Belgium

Summer 2022

Collection bio

Discover the captivating beauty and creative energy of Antwerp with our collection of gallery quality fine art photographic prints. Our collection features stunning images of Antwerp's mediaeval city square, the iconic Brabo statue, the grandeur of Antwerp Central Station, the historic Museum Plantin-Moretus, and the vibrant city life of Antwerp.

Our prints are not just beautiful pieces of art, they offer a unique window into the city's rich cultural heritage and its commitment to pushing the boundaries of artistic expression and innovation. As a hub for design, fashion, and art, Antwerp is home to a diverse range of creative talent and innovative practices. With our photographic prints, you can bring the energy and creativity of Antwerp into your home or office, and experience the wonder and inspiration of this vibrant artistic city.

These photographic prints come from our Photo Essay: City of Diamonds, a carefully crafted work that explores the history and inspiration behind this vibrant and dynamic city. Each print is part of a story and has a contextual narrative, offering a true window into the world of Antwerp's creative energy. We believe that every print you display on your wall should be a work of art that is both inspirational and has a story to tell, allowing you to connect visually, emotionally and contextually.

A typical street scene in Antwerp; greenery, signs and design all coming together to create city charm and small town calm — Belgium

Street light and suspended heart with church behind

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A street scene in black and white, with a prominant suited man, leaning on is folder umbrella, stands in the foreground looking up in the sky with a ponderous expression — Antwerp City, Belgium

Suited man with umbrella looks to the sky

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In the foreground is the Brabo Fountain with the City Hall in the background — Main Square, Antwerp City, Belgium

Brabo Fountain statue with Antwerp City Hall

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A bench full of trays of brightly coloured flowers, and in the corner of the image there's the hand and arm of a toddler holding onto the bench — Antwerp City, Belgium

Little arm holds onto a bench filled with flowers

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A street scene in the center of Antwerp City, with a churc and ivy covering a building to the left. On the corner above a restaurant hangs a "Corner Mary" — a religious shrine that adorns many of corners of the buildings on the streets of the city — Belgium

Antwerp street scene with a 'Corner Mary' and church

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A shard of light illuminates passengers and the main atrirum of Antwerp Cetral Station — Antwerp, Belgium

Sunlight illuminates travellers in the main atrium of Antwerp Central Station

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A symmetrial perspective looking directly up at the impressive iron dome on the Antwerp Cetral Station — Antwerp, Belgium

Underneath the Iron Sky — Antwerp Central Station

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Passengers mill around in the main atrium of Antwerp Central Station, the photos shows the impessive neo-Baroque and gothic styles of the architecture. Stairs lead up to the main platforms — Antwerp, Belgium

Symmetrical neo-Baroque splendour and puppy traveller inside Antwerp Central Station

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A detail shot of the celling plasterwork in this light and airy black and white photo of the main cafe at Antwerp Central Station — Antwerp, Belgium

The elegant and ornate ceiling of the café in Antwerp Central Station

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A light and airy black and white photo of the main cafe at Antwerp Central Station, the photos shows the impessive neo-Baroque and art nouveau ceiliings, clock and large mirrors that surround the cafe — Antwerp, Belgium

The elegant and spectacular café in Antwerp Central Station #1

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A light and airy black and white photo of the main cafe at Antwerp Central Station, the photos shows the impessive neo-Baroque and art nouveau ceiliings, clock and large mirrors that surround the cafe — Antwerp, Belgium

The elegant and spectacular café in Antwerp Central Station #2

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Wind turbine and metal port structures create striking silhouette against a beautiful orange gradient sunset sky — Port area, Antwerp, Belgium

Wind turbine silhouettes and purple to orange sunset gradient #1

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Wind turbine and metal port structures create striking silhouette against a beautiful orange gradient sunset sky — Port area, Antwerp, Belgium

Wind turbine silhouettes and purple to orange sunset gradient #2

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A small fibreglass boat with cabin rest atop a rusting freight container. In the background is a brutalist high rise block of flats — Port area, Antwerp, Belgium

Boat atop rusting shipping container with tower block behind

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Two chairs and a stool serve as breakout smoking area behind an old faded blue warehouse building; sunlight casts a series of repeating shaddows from beams that protrude through the building's metal wall — Port area of Antwerp, Belgium

Protruding shadows on sun-bleached blue with break table and iron door #1

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Two chairs and a stool serve as breakout smoking area behind an old faded blue warehouse building; sunlight casts a series of repeating shaddows from beams that protrude through the building's metal wall — Port area of Antwerp, Belgium

Protruding shadows on sun-bleached blue with break table and iron door #2

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Five examples of the printed output from the Museum Plantin-Moretus, clamped between wood and attached a display stand — Antwerp, Belgium

Historical print reproductions hanging on newspaper sticks

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A man leans on a wall next to he new architectural tourist centre wing of the Het Steen fort, designed by Pieter Vermeersch. In the background, and behind the man is a large ferris wheel — Antwerp City, Belgium

Het Steen architectural brick extension and ferris wheel

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An abstract shot of the Cruise Terminal on the River Scheldt

Orange lattice pontoon walkway in Antwerp

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A black and white photo of an old glove and handkerchief shopfront — Antwerp City, Belgium

Neon signed old shopfront selling gloves and handkerchiefs

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A large mural on the side of a terraced house, which forms one wall within the grounds of a school playground — depicts a young man being controlled as if a puppet, along with religious inconography — Antwerp City, Belgium

Street with large mural depicting control with a puppet visual metaphor

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A large red silhouette of a cat wearing a pearl necklace decorates the side of a shop building — Antwerp City, Belgium

Mural of an orange cat wearing a pearl necklace

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The entrance lobby to the MoMu, Fasion Museum Antwerp — Antwerp City, Belgium

Wooden panelled fashion museum entrance lobby

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A blue bicylcle covered in dozens of colourful bike bells leans agains a brick wall — Antwerp City, Belgium

Pale blue bike decorated in dozens of bells

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A man sits on a bench at the end of a cobbled alleyway, which is covered in a canvas of climbing ivy covered the walls and drapping down between the buildings — Antwerp City, Belgium

Cobbled street draped in ivy

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One of the mediaeval mechant storefronts that surround the Market Square. It is decorated on top with a large golden statue of a ship — Main Square, Antwerp City, Belgium

Mediaeval building facade topped with golden boat statue

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One of the mediaeval mechant storefronts that surround the Market Square. It is decorated with golden statues; obelisks, priests and a large statue of St George slaying the dragon — Antwerp City, Belgium

Mediaeval building facades topped with golden statues #1

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Four mediaeval mechant storefronts that surround the Market Square. It is decorated with golden statues; obelisks, priests, angels and a large statue of St George slaying the dragon — Antwerp City, Belgium

Mediaeval building facades topped with golden statues #2

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A dramatic black and white photo of the Antwerpen coat of arms — Antwerp Central Station, Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerpen crest and platform clock detail at Antwerp Central Station

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A dramatic black and white photo of the main station clock, the Antwerpen coat of arms, and the impressive ironwork of the station roof — Antwerp Central Statio, Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerpen crest and ironwork at Antwerp Central Station

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Four mediaeval mechant storefronts that surround the Market Square. It is decorated with golden statues; obelisks, priests and a large statue of St George slaying the dragon — Antwerp City, Belgium

Mediaeval building facades topped with golden statues #3

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A close-up of the Antwerpen coat of arms and the platform-level station clock — Antwerp Central Station, Antwerp, Belgium

Golden Antwerpen crest and platform clock detail at Antwerp Central Station

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To the left is a bronze nude female statue throwing rope on a street off the, and to the right a line of mediaeval storefront buildings off the Main Square — Antwerp City, Belgium

Row of mediaeval buildings with nude female statue

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A very old pale blue door studded with iron bolts and decorated with large ornamental black iron hinges, fitted in a stone wall — Antwerp City, Belgium

Pale blue mediaeval door set in stone entrance

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A close-up of a bronze nude female statue throwing rope on a street off the Main Square — Antwerp City, Belgium

Nude bronze statue of woman throwing rope

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In the forground a rear shot of the Brado Fountain with the the spire of the Cathedral of Our Lady in the background — Main Square, Antwerp City, Belgium

Brabo Fountain statue with spire from the Cathedral of Our Lady

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Shadows from a window cast onto a white fabric blind create an abstract image — Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

Patterns by shadows on fabric

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A case of special moveable type covered in glass reflecting the windows behind — Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

Reflections on glass case of special moveable type characters #1

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A case of special moveable type covered in glass reflecting the windows behind — Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

Reflections on glass case of special moveable type characters #2

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A ornate 17th century hand water pump outlet, which is designed to look like a human-link fantasy creature. The outlet pipe is also decorated in an additional face — Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

Water pump spout with human dragon chimaera face

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A plaster relief of Balthasar Moretus sits atop an arch above an old black garden door in a courtyard garden surrounded by grapevines and white roses — Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

Courtyard garden door with grapevines, white roses and bust

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A large elegant courtyard garden, surrounded by brick walls to the left and right, and with stone arches to the back. There are many white rose trees in bloom — Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

Summer courtyard garden with white roses

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Close-up of purple tansy (Lacy phacelia) flowers with a bumblebee — Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium

Lilac tansies and bumblebee in wildflower meadow #3

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Close-up of a purple tansy (Lacy phacelia) flowesr with a bumblebee caught mid flight — Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium

Lilac tansies and mid-flight bumblebee in wildflower meadow #2

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Close-up of a purple tansy (Lacy phacelia) witha bumblebee caught mid flight — Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium

Lilac tansy and mid-flight bumblebee in wildflower meadow #1

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An old bicycle standing in park between two metal chairs. Behind, to the right is a metal scurlture. The scene is green a lush with trees and flowers — Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium

Bicycle in Middelheim Sculpture Park

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A cobbled street in Antwerp City, with one shop decorated with a lovely arrangement of drooping flowers. To the right there's an old iron street lamp with stained glass — Belgium

Colourful dried flowers surround a shopfront

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An arrangement of dried flowers decorate the top of a doorway in Antwerp City, Belgium

Dried flower display above a residential entrance

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A chair is suspened in the air as a decoration for someone's home, surrounded by pink flowers — Antwerp, Belium

Iron chair suspended from wall surrounded by flowers

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A quiet car-free street lined with neat narrow residential garden and foliage — Antwerp, Belium

Compressed street scene of pastel townhouse

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A black and white photo of an old bicycle leaning against a wall, with a bed of white flowers in the foreground — Antwerp City, Belgium

An old bicycle with foreground flowers

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One of the many 'Corner Marys' — statues that decorate the corners of many of the building in and around the centre of Antwerp City, Belgium

Corner Mary #1

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One of the many 'Corner Marys' — statues that decorate the corners of many of the building in and around the centre of Antwerp City, Belgium

Corner Mary #2

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One of the many 'Corner Marys' — statues that decorate the corners of many of the building in and around the centre of Antwerp City, Belgium

Corner Mary #3

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One of the many 'Corner Marys' — statues that decorate the corners of many of the building in and around the centre of Antwerp City, Belgium

Corner Mary #4

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One of the many 'Corner Marys' — statues that decorate the corners of many of the building in and around the centre of Antwerp City, Belgium

Corner Mary #5

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One of the many 'Corner Marys' — statues that decorate the corners of many of the building in and around the centre of Antwerp City, Belgium

Corner Mary #6

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