While growing into one of the biggest European centers of coal and steel, Charleroi in Belgium was populated by migrant workers coming from many countries. Today overgrown slag heaps and closed down steelworks remind of the city’s heyday.
Jens Olof Lasthein walks the streets to discover the power and spirit of present-day Charleroi.
81 color panoramic images • Text by Jens Olof Lasthein, Samir Nya, Manolo Calvo • Text translation: Angela Brewer, Xavier Canonne, Alexander Farnsworth, Lena Gedin, Nadine Kiefer, Jens Olof Lasthein, Darya Robine, Christelle Rousseau, Gillian Wakenhut, Margot Wallard, The Museum of Photography, Seoul • Design and editing: Patric Leo • Co-published with The Museum of Photography, Seoul • Hard cover with dust jacket • 280 x 225 mm • 184 pages • French/Swedish/English/Korean • 2014
