Molengebouw, gezien vanaf den kalkoven in Z. richting. October 1926. 1926

This gelatin silver print, shot in October 1926 by an anonymous artist, captures a ‘Molengebouw,’ a mill building seen from the direction of the lime kiln. Look at this thing; it’s all about structure, how the skeleton of a building becomes something beautiful in itself, even before the walls are up. I bet the photographer was thinking about what holds things together, both literally and maybe even metaphorically. It reminds me of those moments in painting when you're not quite sure where you're going, but you trust the process. The bare bones of this mill building, all those lines crisscrossing like thoughts in your head, it makes you wonder about how things are made, about the architecture of ideas. You can almost feel the weight of each beam, the tension and release of construction, like the back-and-forth of layering colors. Each photograph, each painting is a conversation with the past. It is a nod to what's been, and a wink at what could be.