‘It was as if hours had passed in the city where time seemed to stand still.
Where day and night are embraced by the imposing industrial buildings.
Our walks took us to deserted forgotten places’

Charleroi (Belgium) has become a city that keeps calling us back.
The people we meet there speak with a sincerity that moves us, their stories carrying the warmth of authenticity. The city itself — its buildings, its streets, its inhabitants — breathes the melancholy of a place that once thrived with life and now waits in silence. For Alejandro, it feels like a second home, sustained by the French language and the mentality of its people. For Izabela, it is a place where thoughts can fall into silence.
What would Charleroi be like in winter?

Alejandro Alvarez and Izabela Teleszynska
(the photographs are analog and digital)