Laurent Hamels has recorded all the darkness of our world, its evils, its daily horrors, and the terrors lurking on our doorstep, to which we turn a blind eye. Alcoholism, harassment, rape, hold-ups, suicide, terrorism. He looks sordidness straight in the eye and refuses to back down. Violence hits, pounds, leaps to the eye, and depression sets in. Fiction? Reality? These photos resemble a report. We are hooked, shocked but also woken up. It's difficult to avert one's eyes.
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delinquent, hatred
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cruel, anguish, 40-44 years
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danger, hatred
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Man wearing handcuffs
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murder, killing
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assault
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murder, distress
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murder, dread, threatened
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religion
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relationship
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30-34 years
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cruel, forbidden, distress
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meal, hunger, careless
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Hands holding food on
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rug, detoxification, rape
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shorts, suicide, accident
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hostility, armed
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holdup, murder, killing
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delinquency
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murder, theft, dangerous
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loss, 40-44 years
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close-up, assassination
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murder, theft, 35-39 years
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foot, flipflop, tiling
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stressed, poison
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lazing around, being lazy
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misery, 30-34 years
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poison
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sleep, man, unemployment
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low angle view, hateful
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close-up, concept
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close-up, money, bum
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carelessness, malicious
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wide shot, street
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money, street, unhappy
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explosion, despair
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hateful, intimidation
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high angle view, violence
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close-up, head
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close-up, assault, holdup
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street, 35-39 years
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junkie, drug addict
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Woman sitting on counter
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street, dread, aggressive
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murder, 40-44 years, death
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misery, hostility, panic
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domination, 30-34 years
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addiction, suicide, danger
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40-44 years
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discouragement