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A Photographic Update from Charleroi, Belgium

I first visited Charleroi, Belgium in 2016 as part of my residency at the CRP/ Centre régional de la photographie Hauts-De-France, when I was photographing the future of France’s former coal producing region. Since 2020, I have been continuing that work across the international border through a long-term residency at BPS22 Musée d’art de la Province de Hainaut.

The following is a selection of photographs from my visit in October 2025. A few additional images can be seen in the Selections of Recent Work gallery.

A photograph of a man sitting on a spoil tip overlooking the industrial Sambre River valley at sunset.
A row house at dusk.
A photograph of Cafe Diekirch, a plant filled cafe, as seen from the street at night.
A coal car used as a flower planter.
A portrait of a man on a street corner at night.
A portrait of a man in a community garden.
A man sits outside a cafe called POWER.
A photograph of a snack shop, Pic-Nic Frit's, at dusk.
A photograph of two power plant cooling towers with a home wall in front at night.

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