Gezicht op de Hervormde Kerk te Andelst 1910

This photograph of the Hervormde Kerk in Andelst was captured by an anonymous photographer from Monumentenzorg. Looking at this sepia image, I imagine the photographer searching for the right light, angling the camera to capture the church and its grounds, trying to find the correct framing. It makes me think about how an image becomes a memory and then morphs into something else as time moves on. There is an interesting relationship to time in photography. This image is a fixed moment, but it also shows a building that has stood for perhaps hundreds of years before and continues to stand. It shows people, too, captured in a moment, but also part of an enduring community. The church embodies a certain history and legacy. The image is an invitation to appreciate the way history and place are so deeply interwoven.