Liège was for a long time one of the leaders of the steel industry in the world. The Englishman John Cockerill developed the Belgian steel industry into a world player. This was possible because Belgium was self-sufficient throughout the steel production process. Around Liège, for example, there were numerous coal mines from which coal could be used to make coke. There was also plenty of iron ore in the soil. However, the coal mines were exhausted and iron ore had to be imported, which made the production process more expensive and gave rise to more and more competition. The new investor in the Liège steel industry became the Indian steel giant ArcelorMittal.
It soon became clear that this giant no longer saw salvation in the Liège steel industry and from the point of view of eliminating all competition the blast furnaces were extinguished, leaving thousands of steel workers in the already poor region orphaned.
Enige jaren geleden ben ik begonnen met het fotograferen van landschappen en heb hierna een "eigen stijl" weten te creëren. Deze stijl betreft een knipoog naar het pictorialisme, een stroming in de vroegere jaren van de fotografie. In de kunstwereld werd de fotografie als iets minachtends beschouwd omdat.. Read more…