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"Home Among Black Hills" is a photobook by Swedish photographer Jens Olof Lasthein. Raised in Denmark, Lasthein studied at the Nordic Photo School in Stockholm from 1989 to 1992. While working as a freelance photographer for magazines and newspapers, he also works on personal projects for extended periods, presenting the results in books and exhibitions. He has held exhibitions in Sweden, Denmark, and Italy. This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Seoul Photographic Museum and is a photobook themed on the Belgian city of Charleroi. Known for its coal mines and iron production from the 19th to the 20th centuries, Charleroi attracted many immigrant workers, but with the transformation of the industry, the ironworks have now closed, and large slag heaps created from unwanted rocks during mining remain as a reminder of its former prosperity. This book is a documentary of Charleroi (and the people who live there) in the present, intertwined with the rise and fall of industry and its legacy, similar to Ken Domon's "Children of Chikuhō."