In the heart of the Liège hills, Chaudfontaine stretches out like a hushed painting. The sky is heavy with clouds drifting slowly, like thoughts without haste. Beneath this vast vault of sky, a sea of green peaks sways, forests lying like a blanket over the landscape, interspersed with gently rolling fields.
The colours are warm, earthy, with hues that speak of late summer - the yellow grass waving in the wind, the trees dark and full of life, the distance marked by faint lines of buildings, almost invisible in their humility before nature.
Here, silence is not a void, but a presence.
A place where the rhythm of the seasons can be felt, where the horizon does not press, but opens. Chaudfontaine invites not to look, but to stand, to listen - to the breath of the land, the rustling of the grass, the swaying of time.
A place where every breath of wind seems to carry a memory.
To simplicity. Of peace. Of coming home.
Geert Van Baelen has been working as a press photographer in Belgium for over 20 years. Besides current affairs, he also finds inspiration for his images in everyday life, landscapes and people... Read more…