Industry

Usine Verre Vert

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

Heavy Metal…

2013:Although the title of my fourth blog may put people on the wrong track, it is time for Heavy Metal…Because…

The story behind HFB…

Background: When the steel industry in Europe really began to take shape in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries,…

Cooling Tower IM

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

Usine LR

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

Heavy Metal (2015)

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

Bureau Central (2015)

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

Filature Impressionant

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

Rusty and Dusty

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

Alienworks

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

Leeuw brewery: the return visit

After my first visit to the former Leeuw brewery in Valkenburg, there was one more opportunity to return. The complex…

HFB: Haut Fourneau B

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