Let us tell you about the unlikely encounter between three photographers, an Italian school supervisor, and very chatty men who kept quiet for too long…
The story takes place in a décor where æsthetics give way to contemplation.
To forget the past would be to deny the present and not to believe in one’s future.
Hasard de Cheratte droneMeta-morphosis
Citation (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
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Vue aérienne de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
GENESIS
On Friday 16 March, the sky was clear and the air was cool. Axel Ruhomaully and Franck Depaifve, two photographers who meet up every year to satisfy their shared passion for image, were on their way to Liège. They spotted the outline of an imposing fortress, straight out of another time. Enthused by the cinematic décor, they crossed the railway line and arrive at a long, deserted road above which rose a bridge where they could read:
HASARD CHERATTE
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Hasard - Cheratte (1994) by Gérard MichelMeta-morphosis
A heavy metallic door blocked the way to the ruins. After a bit of research, they found their first clues: the abandoned castle is the visible section of an old coal mine, closed in 1977 and destined to be destroyed soon.
Several months of work will be necessary to immortalise the place, the objects, and the typographic symbols, remnants of a glorious industrial past.
Machine à extraction de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Détail des matières de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Vue aérienne du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
L'ancien Charbonnage (2015) by Gérard MichelMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Cheratte Urban Sketching (2015) by Gérard MichelMeta-morphosis
Black Stones (2015) by Black StoneMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
crochet du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
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Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Machine d'extraction du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Hasard - Cheratte (1994) by Gérard MichelMeta-morphosis
vue aérienne du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Lampisterie du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
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Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Douches du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Détail du système électrique du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Intérieur du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Détail du système électrique du charbonnage du Hasard de Cheratte (2015) by meta-morphosisMeta-morphosis
Place/Objects: Axel Ruhomaully and Franck Depaifve
Calligraphy: Hassan Massoudy
Urban Sketching: Gérard Michel
With the support of Wallonie
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