Tom Callemin painting living in Italy and wrestling

living in Italy and wrestling with belonging

These are just some of the many metaphors depicting this calamity

Helena van der Kraan (1940-2020) is a photographer’s photographer

The project is composed of images from daily life

just the two of us

Tom Callemin painting living in Italy and wrestlingTwelve enigmatic images comprise this series by Belgian photographer Tom Callemin. The subjects people, nudes, ruined houses, trees, metal objects are pinned against a deep black background, caught in the flashbulbs glare in a stark and confrontational moment. We are forced to wonder about the underlying histories of the various abandoned structures, or why the man and young girl flinch before the cameras gaze, their hands raised in front of their