Gezicht op de voormalige Sint-Corneliuskerk en de toren van de nieuwe kerk te Wanroij before 1910

This photograph shows the old Sint-Corneliuskerk and the tower of the new church in Wanroij. It was probably made around 1910. I can imagine the photographer setting up their camera and taking their time to get the right shot of the two churches, capturing this moment in time. It makes you think about the photographer's vision and what they hoped to achieve by capturing this scene. The tones are soft, almost ghostly, and it's as if the photographer wanted to preserve this moment for posterity. It's really about the way in which they saw this imposing building. Maybe, like many artists, they just wanted to translate something they felt into an image, and give it a lasting presence, beyond themselves. It reminds us that art-making is about trying and failing, trying and failing, until something new emerges.