One of the distinctive features of this collection, which mainly comprises photographs and sculptures, is the Group's approach to the commissions given to artists like Josef Koudelka, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Elliot Erwitt, Roy Arden, Rodney Graham or Jan Henle to name but a few. The projects in question are often large-scale and may take some time to complete. They concern factory buildings or industrial landscapes, focusing on various sites being quarried or transformed, and also involve employees of the Group. 

Through such Commissions, Lhoist is able to establish a special relationship with the artists, one founded on trust. In bringing together outstanding examples of the results of this mutual commitment, this work is evidence of the rewards that can come from this sort of artistic production. 

The exhibition of Lhoist photographic Commissions, held from May till August in Ixelles Museum, Brussels, attracted no fewer than 3,500 visitors. In the Paris Centre National de la Photographie, the same exhibition, held between December 2001 and February 2002, was seen by nearly 7,000 visitors.