Zuidzijde van de Sint-Remigiuskerk te Steenderen 1905

This photograph of the Sint-Remigiuskerk in Steenderen, was made by an anonymous photographer employed by Monumentenzorg. It’s like a quiet, sepia-toned dream. The photographer has captured the church with a direct simplicity. There's a gentle palette at play here, all browns and beiges, like colors faded by the sun. It gives you this sense of time standing still. Look at the facade of the church. The photographer hasn’t shied away from texture, there is a lot of detail in the brickwork and roof tiles. The attention to these details transform the church into an object worthy of careful contemplation. This feels like a conversation between the photographer and the building, each line and angle a response to the one before, a dance of seeing and feeling. There's something so honest about it, reminiscent of Bernd and Hilla Becher’s photographs of industrial buildings. Both share a sense of objectivity, yet both capture a certain feeling. It makes you wonder about the stories those walls could tell.