La Bruxelloise

•An intimate and poetic ode to Brussels from Swedish photographer Cici Olssen

100 women living in Brussels were asked to write about their city. A galerist, a doctor, a real estate agent, a metro driver, a professor, an actress; women from every walk of life... For all their diversity, they have two things in common: they love Brussels, and they want to share that love with the reader. Their portraits have been taken by Cici Olsson in an environment that they feel a special connection to. This book is an ode to Brussels through their eyes; thus, to maintain the uniqueness of their perspective, every woman writes about the city in her own native language, with translations provided at the back of the book.

Text in English, French, and Dutch.