Toren van het Huis Loowaard te Duiven 1907

Here's a photograph of the Tower of the House Loowaard in Duiven, taken by an anonymous photographer working for Monumentenzorg. I imagine the photographer carefully setting up their camera, considering the light filtering through the trees to capture the tower. What was it like for them to frame this image? The gray tones blend the stone tower into the surrounding trees, and the image is cropped to exclude the walls of the property. It's like the photographer wanted to preserve the feeling of the tower from a specific angle, as though the trees are embracing the building. I feel a kinship with this anonymous photographer, because there's an understanding here of how photography can shape our experience and understanding of a place. It's a silent dialogue, an exchange of seeing, and a shared reflection on time and place.