This close-up of the metal maze at C-mine in Genk captures the soul of industrial poetry. The weathered steel plates, scarred by time and touch, form a labyrinth of texture and colour. Rusty orange and green tones flow into each other like an abstract painting, while scratches and graffiti whisper of human presence and impermanence. Light glides along the ridges and edges, casting sharp shadows and revealing the raw beauty of the material.
This photograph is not documentation, but an interpretation - a look at how steel can speak.
Father - Photographer - Engineer - Pizza lover - Springsteen fan - Traveller
I'm Ben - self-taught landscape photographer from Belgium, in search of light and stillness since 2016.
At 45, I took a camera in my hands for the first time. A late start, perhaps, but proof..
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