Charleroi – Il est clair que le gris est noir - signed Magazin Photos by Julie van der

Photos by Julie van der Vaart

and concrete reality exists to express the mind and soul

intensely so

Broomberg and Chanarin worked with contact sheets documenting the Troubles in Northern Ireland

backgrounds and identities

Charleroi – Il est clair que le gris est noir - signed Magazin Photos by Julie van der21 x 17 cm 256 pages Hardcover DUOTONE ENG edition signed Impressive visual testament of a city in transition: hard for Charleroi, gentle for its inhabitants In recent years, Stephan Vanfleteren has spent long days crisscrossing the Pays Noir. The photographer has a love hate relationship with the industrial town on the banks of the Sambre, where the coal mines have long since closed and the declining metal industry is cracking under the effects of