photographer without a camera

so, after weeks of travelling, my camera bag was stolen in helsinki the day i was supposed to go back home to morocco. in it were all my photos from a week in jordan and 2 weeks in wintery finland, plus my camera gear, laptop, external hard drive, passport and phone. by some miracle of working bureaucracy perhaps, i managed to get new passport photos and a passport in time for my flight, even though the stuff was stolen 5 hours before i left the country.

the biggest material loss was the camera and lenses, but what i mourn most were the photos themselves. the things that are of no worth to the thief, of course. i wish i could reach him and tell him to keep everything else, just give me the memory cards.

anyway, things could be a lot worse. everything, except the photos, can be replaced in time. i still have my old camera, too, so it's not like i won't be able to take photos. this is perhaps a good reason to go back to jordan, which i absolutely loved, by the way. i had a marvellous three weeks of travelling, it was just the last day that sucked. and even that day ended well thanks to wonderfully helpful people and coming home to my family in morocco on time.

looking forward to taking new photos and slowly aquiring new gear,
hannes