graphic design by Kaat Flamey
reproduction and postproduction by Steven Decroos
printed by drukkerij Jan Verhoeven (Sint-Pieters Leeuw).
published in 2016 by Cape of Good Hope (Brussels)
“Ceci nest pas un photobook sur la Belgique – neither Bressonian nor Kerteszique. It’s a story of true grit – in the spirit of Magritte. All B/W pictures capture the era between 2001-2008, last shots of a world losing its passion and its stability under the uprising crisis. Wandering retrostalgia from a struggling present: places and faces one step before vanishing. Snapshots of grey in a United Europe collapsing within a facade democratique and a leitmotiv full of Tati melancholy. A truly obscure optimism, an open-hearted gaze to life from the photographer David Nollet, before the carnival is over.”
Andreas Raptis (film critic, art journalist, punk philosopher (10/05/2016)
“The photographs were made before the 2008 crisis, they are its cure. We meet Pier Paolo Pasolini who reminds anyone who will listen that « Isn’t it for Happiness that Revolutions are made ? ». Of course they are ! This is this kind of revolution that David talks about in his book, the need to fight against the consumerism that isolates people more than it gathers. Not the Revolution, but these daily actions, these touches of humanity that we all carry in us and whose it is our duty to reveal to others. The photographs are superb, imbued with humanism and the printing perfectly gives justice to the quality of black and white photographs (tri-X still remains brilliant).”
Christer Ek (16/05/2016) in Who Needs Another Photo Blog
“Ce noir et blanc exposé au 50 mm donne dès lors des images d’aujourd’hui marquées en coin de jadis. Impression étrange d’une perte de repères et ce, autant plus que le contenu vogue aussi sur le passé. Comme ce vieux rafiot relégué en zone industrielle. Comme tous ces gens le plus souvent pêchés en marge d’événements folkloriques.”
Jean-Marc Bodson in La Libre Culture 18/05/2016
“Over schijn en wezen gaat het, over de illusie van de vrije markt en de tijdelijke bevrijding van het carnaval, over roes en gewoonte, over rondjes draaien in een mallemolen tot je murw genoeg bent om de status quo als je ideale biotoop te omarmen. Maar Nollet brengt evengoed laat licht in beeld, lelijke warmte en de doffe glans in de ogen van een meisje op de kermis. Zie ons doen, lijkt hij te zeggen. Zie ons kijken naar een wereld die kantelt – van *Danscafé De Mustang – Peter Van Peteghem – Simply the best* tot het autosalon en de feestvierders in Binche. We staan op straat. Allemaal. Onherroepelijk. Ooit.”
Eric Min in Staalkaart 05/09/2016
If you are interested in this book, or if you want to see it, please contact me (david@cape.ag).
You can also order it and have it sent to you (see below).