Vendredi 07 Novembre 2014 17:33:06 par actuphoto dans Expositions

At first glance the large-scale images of Belgian photographer Bart Michiels show wide, almost romantic landscapes and detailed observations of nature. A look at the titles however changes the perception of these images fundamentally and almost instinctively the viewer begins to look for traces of the sad history connected to these places. For his photographic series "The Course of History " Michiels visited the bloodiest battlefields of Europe. The photographs are titled "Verdun", "Omaha Beach" or "Waterloo" and show these places as they are found today, decades, in some cases centuries after the events took place that connect them with our collective memory. Bart Michiels' images are a reflection on the power of words and discuss the meaning of war and it's consequences.

© Bart Michiels