Gezicht op de Pieterseliesteeg te Hoorn, gezien naar het Kerkplein met de Grote Kerk c. 1900 - 1910

This tiny photograph, "Gezicht op de Pieterseliesteeg te Hoorn, gezien naar het Kerkplein met de Grote Kerk" was captured by G. Hidderley. It’s a landscape, but a landscape jammed between the architectures of buildings, a slice of a town you could reach out and touch. I imagine Hidderley walking down that street, a quiet, intimate, everyday street. Hidderley probably wanted to capture the mood and atmosphere of the street, the light and shadows, maybe even the sounds and smells of the place. I wonder if they were thinking about the way light falls on the brick, trying to feel the weight and texture of each building. The way the buildings squeeze the sky into a thin, receding memory. There’s a relationship between the buildings, a connection that gives you a sense of place. I feel I could be there. It makes me wonder, what paintings did Hidderley like? What painting traditions was this person thinking about? When we make something, we are always in conversation with somebody else.