Marinus de Bresser and Sjo Pol in their Kitchen
In an earthy series Rare people, Michiels portrayed a man and woman living in the most primitive circumstances – chickens and pigs were slaughtered indoors. This was in the early 1970s, and it was as though nothing had changed since the Middle Ages. Was it then possible
after all for people to be oblivious to the progression of time and society? The photographer spent a long time in the dark interior quietly observing them in their bare existence.