Tom Callemin painting Nostalgia is a sentimental and

Nostalgia is a sentimental and positive feeling for the past

living in Italy and wrestling with belonging

naked bodies on motorcycles

On your phone/laptop

These are just some of the many metaphors depicting this calamity

Tom Callemin painting Nostalgia is a sentimental andTwelve enigmatic images comprise this series by Belgian photographer Tom Callemin. The subjects people, nudes, ruined houses, trees, metal objects are pinned against a deep black background, caught in the flashbulbs glare in a stark and confrontational moment. We are forced to wonder about the underlying histories of the various abandoned structures, or why the man and young girl flinch before the cameras gaze, their hands raised in front of their