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forgotten tragedy

This place has a deep story and big tragedy -
A catholic wife lost her husband at young age. The widow was in mourning and fell in love with her local pastor and got pregnant.
This never must not happened, she was in shame, the child was not wanted and she drowned it in a pool.
The women got arrested on grounds of capital murder and thrown in jail somewhere in the 60s.
Since the end of the 60s the house got abandoned and falled in a deep sleep since over 40 years! Unbelievable that since such a long time the place is still nearly untouched:
The furnitures, decorations, pictures, everything is still in place, it was an amazing experience to feel and catch this deep mood and the tragedy coming from this place. We will never forget about this unique day!
This is an impression of the living room, on the wall you can see a picture of the mentioned pastor - the windows over and over full of decades old spiderwebs.

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blende666 1 year ago

Ich habe schon viele Bilder von diesem Zimmer gesehen. Aber keines davon hatte die Stimmung und die Geschichte so gut eingefangen, wie dieses Bild hier.
Die Strukturen und Farben wurden hier sehr gut heraus gearbeitet und das aviable light in Kombination mit hervorragender EBV lässt die ganze Kulisse sehr unwirklich und etwas fahl erscheinen, was den morbiden Charakter der Szenerie noch weiter unterstreicht.

Pierre Pageau 2 years ago

félicitations .

Willy Marthinussen 2 years ago

Amazing story and wonderful mood....love it!

Sven Fennema Thank you so much Willy, I will never forget that day, it was so unique!

Can Berkol 2 years ago

great setting!

Lyra Belacqua 3 years ago

My favorite Place - full of felt memories - and you made them seeable...

Mark William Tikoalu 3 years ago

GREAT GREAT GREAT.

Sven Fennema Thank you very much!

Paul Kimber 3 years ago

Excellent photo. Very nice textures and exposure.

Sven Fennema Thanks for your kind words Paul!

PhotographerNL 3 years ago

Very very nice !!! Greetz !!!

Sven Fennema Thank you!

Tsvetomir Stanivoev 3 years ago

photo at the story...great

Sven Fennema Thank you very much!

Repro 3 years ago

As well as the view, the mood, colours and the lighting here is fantastic...well done !
Kannst mich gerne mal mitnehmen :))))

Sven Fennema Thank you very much!
Wir halten die Touren gerne sehr klein, gerade bei solchen Orten, aber ich kann dir mal Bescheid sagen wenn es sich anbietet!

rafalp 3 years ago

great capture!

Sven Fennema Thank you!

Daria Endresen 3 years ago

Terrific location and it was really interesting to read the story behind it.
Well done, Sven, as always :)

Sven Fennema Thank you so much Daria!

Mal Smart 3 years ago

amazing story and location Sven, beautifully composed and executed photo to. mal

Sven Fennema Thanks for you kind words Mal, I'm very glad that i had the honor to catch it!

eyeofhorus 3 years ago

Realy fantastic story and beautiful shot.

Gratz.

Sven Fennema Thank you!

Kaveh H. Steppenwolf 3 years ago

You have the biggest nose for finding amazing locations...Great story and great picture. very well done sven

Sven Fennema Thank you very much Kaveh...oh there are people with even much bigger noses around :)

Kaveh H. Steppenwolf I have a big 'useless' nose! I mean in real :-))

Sven Fennema Haha, so do i, it's a family thing :) Will you come to Amsterdam? We do a nose contest then :)

Kaveh H. Steppenwolf Haha, my family thing too.
Yep, I'm coming to Amsterdam and we'll see who wins the big nose contest :-))

Gilles Bonugli 3 years ago

incredible story !! and such a good job as usual.

Sven Fennema Thank you very much Gilles!

Peter Kemp 3 years ago

Sven you are most popular of today GREAT So finally justice is done, my friend!!!!

Sven Fennema Thanks Peter :)

Jeannette Oerlemans 3 years ago

I know a couple photos of a photographer of this house. It is just unbelievable how everything has remained intact after all these years after the tragic moment. I know the neighbors an eye to. I assume you are very quiet to make this beautiful photo could. I hope you have been able to photograph the bedroom, which is also wonderful how everything left.

Great! And a beautiful light! I hope more of you to see of this house! Very beautiful also your story!

Strange actually, here in holland house would never leave as long standing, so I find it doubly good that exists!

Sven Fennema Thank you very much for your words Jeanette!
Oh yes, got up at 3:30 at night so that we could be there at 6:30, puh!
And we were very very quiet...it was so amazing, absolute unique moment in my life.
We were there for more than 6 hours, a photo from the bedroom is already finished, will publish here soon and hope it will get through - But not easy with this kind of image here.
But it's sad to see some of the furnitures are already stolen, also for the bedroom, the wardrobe,bedstands and the commodes are gone :(

Same here for germany, not so straight like in NL, but here also such things
get either demolished, or locked down heavily!

Conor Lanphere 3 years ago

I agree a very good story and I really like the light. The desaturated color cast and dark lighting really seals mood.

Sven Fennema Thank you very much, i appreciate this!

Adrian Donoghue 3 years ago

What a story, great capture Sven.

Sven Fennema Thank you very much Adrian!

mmind 3 years ago

Are the flowers plastic, then? : )

Sven Fennema Yes, they're all made of plastic and original made in the 60's....really crazy, all still with so strong colors, the plastic flowers seem to were very popular in Belgium. Saw such often already, we didn't bring something in or change.

Pauline Dekker 3 years ago

Great shot, tragic story and beautiful light!
Chapeau!

Sven Fennema Thank you so much Pauline!

Anna Hurtig 3 years ago

like all the details, and the edit is great.

Sven Fennema Thank you very much Anna, i appreciate!

Dragan Jovancevic 3 years ago

wow, what a stoy to such a strong picture. another great one from you

Sven Fennema Thanks for your kind words Dragan! So glad that i had the honor to catch this!

Torsten Wolf 3 years ago

Stunning location and an impressive photo! Are the flowers made of plastic or did you bring them with you?

Sven Fennema Thank you very much Torsten!
They're all made of plastic and original made in the 60's....really crazy, all still with so strong colors, the plastic flowers seem to were very popular in Belgium.
We didn't bring something in or change.

Matús 3 years ago

excellent photo !

Sven Fennema Thank you!

Andrei Baciu 3 years ago

the photo is simply stunning. i've remained speechless for the past half hour.

Sven Fennema Thank you so much Andrei for such a big compliment!

Andrei Baciu No, thank you, Sven! It's such a huge joy watching this photo - and no fake big words here. :)

Thomas Holtkoetter 3 years ago

YOU are the KING of abandoned places.
Time for publishing a book now - have you ever thought about ?
We can discuss in A'dam - after 5 beers you will nominate me as your manager :-)

Sven Fennema Thank you so much Thomas! Well indeed there were thoughts about in that way or an exhibition, also some friends told me i should do, but well no experiences in such and not easy...hehe really looking forward to A'dam....but won't be able to have these beers, have to drive :/