This piece is part of the '50/50 Sessions' project - 50 monochrome photos taken with a 50mm lens during the dark hours of the city of Heerlen, South Limburg, the Netherlands. The beauty of the city can also most certainly be found in the dark and it is actually the absence of natural light that allows you to view the city from a completely new perspective.
This photo shows the contrast between the roughness of the city and the nature that offsets that harshness. It's impossible to escape the penetrating gaze of the man that forms the subject of the mighty mural on the side of the apartment building. It is an art piece created by the artist Hendrik ECB Beikirch, known for his characteristic black and white portraits on an incredible scale. The portraits are often based on people he's crossed paths with during his travels.