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Yarn holders with coloured parts in a dense metal grid.

Filature Impressionant

Industry & business

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

Hall with wooden stairs, a marble column, red armchair and fireplace

Manoir Von Duchess

Homes & accommodation

The last residents of Manoir Von Duchess had left a long time before. Even so, the country house was still…

Long row of round wire machines on narrow steel legs.

Rusty and Dusty

Industry & business

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

Castle ruin beyond a pond in a snow-covered garden

Return of the King

Homes & accommodation

Deep in the woods stood this abandoned castle. Around the turn of the millennium, a devastating fire had struck it.…

Salon with a flag, stove and wooden panelling

Château Sécession

Homes & accommodation

Château Sécession had been uninhabited for a long time when I arrived. The location had become well known within a…

Wide view of a damaged bedroom with a bed and wardrobe

Maison Le Grand George

Homes & accommodation

Maison Le Grand George was already a well-visited location when we arrived. Many photographers had visited the abandoned Flemish cottage.…

Long row of green control panels with gauges along a window wall.

Alienworks

Industry & business

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

Old yellow-and-red railcar with graffiti inside the railway shed.

Gare de Montzen

Transport

I visited this former railway complex twice. The first time was in January 2011. Several rail vehicles were still inside…

Black-and-white view through a round concrete opening towards broad curving outdoor steps beneath a cloudy sky.

Under the bridge — Vroenhoven

Architecture & heritage

You usually see a bridge from the road that crosses it. In Vroenhoven, looking down is worthwhile too. A modern…

Row of green-and-yellow locomotives on an outdoor track beneath cloudy sky.

Remise Monceau

Transport

When I visited Remise Monceau, a former Belgian railway workshop, I was too late to find the trains still inside.…

Black-and-white view just above sleepers, with blurred foreground and a steel bridge arch.

The Ghost Bridge

Transport

This railway bridge was heavily used by industry for many years. By the time I visited, it had already been…

Rusting tank with gun pointing right and loose track hanging at the front.

Lost Tanks

Defence & civil protection

These abandoned tanks had served as targets on a military training ground. Afterwards, they slowly became part of a greener…