Jan Rosseel is a photojournalist from Belgium. Rosseel is a visual storyteller.
From Jan Rosseel's Bio:
"His work is best described as visual storytelling, between narration and documentation. He works as a collector of memories using photography, video and objects. The starting point of his research-based projects are historical events and the notion of memory. Stories that do not only reconstruct historical events but stories that also ask questions about the reliability of our memory and our brain. He works as an investigator using methods of scientific research and journalism to build a narrative where truth and fiction coexist."
Rosseel's book "Belgian Autumn" tells a frightening story. In the Autumn of 1985, a series of shocking murders and robberies at Belgian supermarkets came to an end. A gang of unknown criminals called the Brabant Killers launched 23 attacks between March 1982 and November 1985, killing 28 people and wounding 40 more. Jan Rosseel's father was one of the victims.
The amount of money stolen from the grocery stores was out of all proportion to the unspeakable human slaughter and carnage that occurred.
These horrific, heinious crimes have never been solved. This fact marks an abhorrent bloody stain on and remains one of the darkest periods in Belgian history.
"Belgian Autumn" was part of Jan Rosseel's graduation project at the KABK, The Royal Art Academy in The Hague. It was published in a limited edition of 28. Each book had the name of one of the victims embossed on a rubber band.
It was named one of the most interesting books from 2013 by Yumi Goto for Emaho Magazine.
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