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Doel, a village in the north of Antwerp ( Belgium ) that had to make way for the expansion of the Port of Antwerp. Years of fierce protests were the result, but they had to pay the price. Since many years it has become a ghost village with only a few inhabitants left.
The beauty of Doel does not hide in the eeriness of its abandoned houses, nor does it emerge from the paint on the barricaded doors and windows, covered in street art. It whispers to you from the past. The dying breath of a once peaceful village, build to last forever. She was a home to generations, unaware of her own transience. The insatiable hunger of progress caught her by surprise and confronted her unwillingly with a truth we all ignore: everything expires eventually. In a world where everything moves faster, builds bigger, consumes more,... all she can do is make the most out of the time she has left.
20220708-DSC07524
Doel, a village in the north of Antwerp ( Belgium ) that had to make way for the expansion of the Port of Antwerp. Years of fierce protests were the result, but they had to pay the price. Since many years it has become a ghost village with only a few inhabitants left.
The beauty of Doel does not hide in the eeriness of its abandoned houses, nor does it emerge from the paint on the barricaded doors and windows, covered in street art. It whispers to you from the past. The dying breath of a once peaceful village, build to last forever. She was a home to generations, unaware of her own transience. The insatiable hunger of progress caught her by surprise and confronted her unwillingly with a truth we all ignore: everything expires eventually. In a world where everything moves faster, builds bigger, consumes more,... all she can do is make the most out of the time she has left.