Groot Begijnhof by candlelight
A Night of Small Lights
Candlelit lanes lead from ordinary bicycles and windows into a chapel transformed by hundreds of small flames.
- Place
- Groot Begijnhof, Leuven
- Year
- 2025
- Sequence
- 8 main photographs
Approach
The lane opens
Candles trace the brickwork at the scale of the street, leading past bicycles and dark windows into the Begijnhof.
Light I
The route appears
Candles follow the brickwork while a moving light briefly writes another path through the lane.
Light II
Ordinary things remain
A parked bicycle and a glowing window keep the ritual connected to daily life inside the Begijnhof.
Light III
Around the corner
Warm windows and a line of flames pull the route deeper between the dark brick walls.
Light IV
Inside the chapel
The individual flames gather into architecture, drawing paths across the floor toward the interior.
Light V
Convergence
Repeated lines meet in a graphic field, turning candlelight into the sequence’s visual climax.
Light VI
One flame
The evening closes at its smallest scale: a single candle held against a soft field of light.