Proof that Beringen Coalmine is a dangerous place to wander about... I guess we don't need it anymore. Over time more and more news bulletins mention people falling through ceilings etc... whether they be urbex photographers or just plain old copper thieves.

Yes, some images I made some time ago. Decided to upload them to the Nature section.
One of them is made in Grobbendonk and looks a lot like a Cambodian ricefield > Lipton Icetea can do that!!

On 18 and 19th of May 2007 Apropo organised its yearly concert. All students and teachers take part in this two day concert to give the best of themselves. In the late night after the concert ended several jam sessions were held by a lot of talented musicians who volunteered to to lighting, sound, stage...
During the 2 days I was on stage, back stage, front stage to photograph the concert.
I have selected a "Distillers Edition" of those pictures in the apropo gallery in the varia section.

If you want to take a look at the complete concert pics take a look here. I put up a separate webpage for this event.

Amazing, at last a new update. I managed to find some time to put this tidbit online. We visited Baviere a while ago, can't exactly remember the date but it was a sunny afternoon for sure [as you will see in the pictures]. We were let in by the friendly people living there and we had company from their dog all the time. You see him in one of the images. I was always afraid he would lift his leg against my tripod
go directly to it : Baviere Hospital

I would like to take this opportunity to mention a photographer who's work I adore. Bruce Percy is a photographer living in Scotland. He is mostly interested in nature photography, well living in Scotland who wouldn't? One day when going through his online portfolio I stumbled upon what looked like a urban shoot! The Mavisbank House had been abandoned many years before and it reminded me a bit of Chateau Neufcour. Although it's not really his style he was enamoured by the place and decided to do an essay on it. He's not the person interested to go inside these kind of buildings but the beauty and purity of decay and the way the building becomes one with its surroundings over time is depicted well in his own style.
Sometimes I forget how the outside is equally important as the inside... The Mavisbank House
also take a look at his other astonishing work.

[This image is copyrighted by Brucy Percy ©1989-2007]

It's a cemetery already visited several times by other urbexers and afficionado's of the genre. It was a real pleasure taking pictures here because of the serene atmosphere there. The light on one side of this long row of forgotten automobile dreams is filtered through tall pine trees which give the lighting a specific photographic quality. Furthermore it's quiet and calm and I also have no idea if there is an owner of this place. Probably there is, I don't think we have much "unclaimed" land here in Belgium. But considering its location on top of a slope surrounded by trees and bushes it might very well be there still for years and years to come.

enjoy

On my first trip over there my friend Tom accompanied me. Since he is living in Berlin, it was one of those rare occasions when the man was in Belgium. I have also put his pictures online, you can find them here.

I recently found out by reading a book from Friedl' Lesage that famous Flemish defence Litigator Jef Vermassen has his office in a restaurated part of the castle [well a separated 'portiers huis' actually but it was part of the castle domain. Jef Vermassen is an art lover and he mentions he doesn't want to be around the office the day they start with the official destruction. We all can sympathise with that can't we?

Just a tidbit for those of you who didn't know...