Industry & business

Usine Verre Vert

Usine Verre Vert owed its name to the greenish glass remnants beside the furnace. Much of the former glass factory…

Usine De Naeyer

Louis De Naeyer started a paper mill in 1860. The company grew into a large industrial complex that provided a…

The Forgotten Mill

This small watermill formed a single property with a house. During my visit it was in poor condition, with no…

GreenZL

GreenZL is a series from a former garden centre. There were empty glasshouses and buildings badly damaged by fire.In my…

Usine LR

When I visited Usine LR, much of the halls was already empty. The former work had gone, but the building…

Cooling Tower IM

I had not found an opportunity in time to visit the associated power station. Fortunately, the cooling tower was still…

Alienworks

Alienworks is the name under which I photographed this former power station. It belonged to a larger industrial complex whose…

Rusty and Dusty

Rusty and Dusty was a former steel wire factory. When I photographed it, work had been stopped for years, and…

Filature Impressionant

Filature Impressionant is a former textile factory. When I made this series, parts of the production equipment were still present,…

Bureau Central (2015)

It had been a few years since my first visit to this large office building beside a steelworks in northern…

Heavy Metal (2015)

After my first visit to Heavy Metal, I wanted to return. In 2013, I had only been able to photograph…

E.T. – No Phone Home

E.T. — No Phone Home is a nickname for this series of radio antennas and dishes. Some installations appeared disused,…