Gezicht op de voormalige Rooms-Katholieke kerk te Horssen 1908

This photograph of the former Catholic church in Horssen, made by an anonymous artist, likely for Monumentenzorg, shows the building in tones that feel both solid and dreamlike. The artist’s process here feels like one of quiet observation, capturing not just the church's physical form but also a mood, a sense of place steeped in history. The image is built on subtle shifts of light and shadow, where texture is muted, and the surface almost disappears into a haze. It's how the light catches on the edges of the building and fades into the sky that interests me most. This blurring speaks to the transient nature of memory and the way buildings themselves age and change, becoming vessels of stories over time. It reminds me of the work of Eugène Atget, who documented the streets of Paris with similar tenderness. This image, like Atget's photographs, invites us to consider the layers of history embedded in the everyday and to find beauty in the quiet, unassuming corners of the world.