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the (un) natural world of doel

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My response to today’s theme on #photo101 was a spider’s web captured in a window frame in the abandoned polder village of Doel.

The main target for my camera yesterday was the graffiti which covers almost every vertical surface in Doel.

So as an extra #photo101 contribution this evening, here is a short slide show featuring the (un) natural world of Doel…

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photography101: the natural world

caught in a web

caught in a web

“Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it’s beauty.”

― Albert Einstein

I became entangled with this web yesterday as I made a second visit to the abandoned polder town of Doel, of which more later…

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Unexpected.

Probably one of the most photographed places, off the beaten tourist trail, in Belgium.

A tale of corporate morals, failed vision, spirited resistance, brutality.

People still live here.

The rest of us, with our cameras, watch and wonder, or worse.

Doel.

A nightmare in the middle of prosperity.

Progress?