The World Within - PBF05 / Nick Hannes
21 January - 27 March 2021
An Unexpected Lesson in Joy
A strange calm descends upon the earth. The virus keeps everyone indoors and paralyses public life. Life’s mad rush grinds to a halt. We don’t know what lies ahead. From the perspective of a quarantine that may last a long time, Nick Hannes starts keeping a journal. He photographs familiar things: his house, his family. In this world on a reduced scale, there’s time and silence. And then the spring arrives. For two months, Nick Hannes photographs his life with his wife and daughters at home in Ranst, near Antwerp. An Unexpected Lesson in Joy is an intimate photo journal that moves slowly between uncertainty and the joy of being alive.
