L’Enfant Sauvage in Brussels presents the exhibition Paul & Sylvie – A Belgian Love Story (1930s – 1960s).
One September morning, in a Brussels flea market, Pauline Caplet & Paul de La Marandais, curators and collectors, stumbled upon an unexpected treasure: seven carefully preserved photo albums, silent witnesses of the life of a Belgian couple: Paul and Sylvie.
Taken between the 1930s and 1960s, the photographs they contain tell a discreet love story, filled with knowing glances, landscapes, and shared moments.
From the seaside to European cities, via the Belgian countryside, Paul and Sylvie give us a glimpse in their photographs of the intimacy of a free and modern couple, curious about the world, in love with life and each other.
And sometimes, between two trips, two smiles, there are empty pages, spaces without images, silences. We don’t know what they’re telling us. A canceled trip? A lost film? A period too painful to be photographed? Or simply life, with its gaps and absences. They remind us that not everything can be captured, and that sometimes, silence says as much as the image.
This exhibition brings together a selection of these photographs, like a precious time capsule, both personal and universal. It also highlights the importance of preserving and promoting photographic archives, a mission led by “Le petit bureau des archives,” a project initiated by Pauline Caplet. “Paul & Sylvie” invites you to travel through time and celebrate love, in all its forms.
Paul & Sylvie – A Belgian Love Story (1930s – 1960s)
Until August 24, 2025
L’Enfant Sauvage
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