Jeeze..... the New York subway used to look like that
I just don't know what compels some people...
Indeed, I was told not to go.... but I did with a few friend photographers... Thanks for the comments.
Charleroi is the most ugly and dirty city in Europe, used to have a lot of heavy industry (Steel - Coal). That is all gone now all what is left is crime.
A photographer without a style, is like a pub without beer
I don't know if I'd want to be a passenger on that system,
but I'd sure like to be there with a camera.
And a body guard, maybe!
Interesting series, well shot.
Don
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If you are able, I'd strongly urge you to return there often to shoot. The visual opportunity is amazing. Think more about composition, the light, and the various elements. You have a real diamond mine there - don't walk away from it.
TXS for the comments, this station is currently closed and off-limits. I got in because of a local who knows his way and pays the gangs , so that I could get access with little risk.
There is a lot more in that area, in fact the whole city is one photographic opportunity with some risk...
Lots of abandoned factories such as the one below with full access (illegal of course, however there are no fences or signs...)
A photographer without a style, is like a pub without beer
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I just don't know what compels some people...
Indeed, I was told not to go.... but I did with a few friend photographers... Thanks for the comments.
Charleroi is the most ugly and dirty city in Europe, used to have a lot of heavy industry (Steel - Coal). That is all gone now all what is left is crime.
but I'd sure like to be there with a camera.
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And a body guard, maybe!
Interesting series, well shot.
Don
'I was older then, I'm younger than that now' ....
My Blog | Q+ | Moderator, Lightroom Forums | My Amateur Smugmug Stuff | My Blurb book Rust and Whimsy. More Rust , FaceBook .
Cool series.
"He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan
"The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
There is a lot more in that area, in fact the whole city is one photographic opportunity with some risk...
Lots of abandoned factories such as the one below with full access (illegal of course, however there are no fences or signs...)