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Chapel with wooden pews, coloured windows and heavily peeling walls.

Agnus Dei convent

Religion & remembrance

Half burned out, partly collapsed and photographed endlessly already. Plenty of objects had been staged as well. Enough reasons to…

Rows of weathered crosses in sunlit grass among trees.

Cemetery of the Insane

Religion & remembrance

At the beginning of the twentieth century, a psychiatric hospital was established in a former castle. For many patients at…

Laboratory bench with bottles, glass flasks and white jars.

Labo Herzog

Industry & business

When I photographed Labo Herzog, a striking amount was still in its place. A few footprints showed in the dust,…

Front of the round machine with a red lever in sunlight.

Zeche E

Industry & business

Der Ruhrpott: steel, coal and industry. Thanks to its vast coal deposits, the Ruhr developed into one of Europe’s best-known…

Joystick control panel before a window overlooking the blast furnace.

HFB: Haut Fourneau B

Industry & business

HFB — Haut Fourneau B — was a large steel complex. On our first visit, we were able to spend…

Rusty industrial machine with tall cylinders, a large wheel and many pipes in a dilapidated hall.

Papierfabrik W

Industry & business

Das alte Papierwerk, Papierfabrik W or simply Paperworks: different names for an abandoned paper mill in Germany. Much of the…

Large steelmaking installations on an elevated working floor above an open hall.

Forge Vulcain – Forge Lunaire

Industry & business

Forge Vulcain and Forge Lunaire are two names for the same former steelworks in France. Among other things, scrap was…

Successive doorways in an empty corridor with decorative mouldings.

Bureau Central (2013)

Industry & business

Bureau Central was one of those places that remained worth visiting even after years. The old office complex formed part…

Long corridor between small partitioned spaces with coloured curtains.

Koningsbosch convent

Religion & remembrance

Construction of the convent in Koningsbosch began in 1873. The complex grew in stages, leaving several architectural styles side by…

Wide view of an empty room with a revolving door in the rear wall.

Opel Factory

Industry & business

Many people once worked on new cars in this former Opel factory in Belgium. When production moved elsewhere, closure followed,…

Black-and-white view of an abandoned factory hall with steel beams, pipes and debris along the floor.

Heavy Metal (2013)

Industry & business

Shortly after work at this large steel complex stopped, the first photographs from the factory appeared. In early spring 2013,…

Rusty circular kiln plate with bolts and a rectangular opening.

Pinokkio

Industry & business

This old lime kiln was also known among urbex photographers as Lime Factory. When I looked back at my photographs,…