Bouwwerkzaamheden in Brussel, België 1912

This photograph by Wesseling captures a construction site in Brussels, Belgium. Imagine the artist, Wesseling, with his camera, carefully composing this scene of a city in flux. I see the bones of a building emerging from the ground, a jumble of wooden beams, stone, and the looming presence of machines. There's a raw, almost brutal honesty to the image. I can almost feel the grit and smell the dust, the weight of the materials being wrestled into place. The monochromatic palette lends a timeless quality, but also a starkness that mirrors the industrial process itself. I wonder what Wesseling was thinking as he framed this shot. Was he drawn to the geometry of construction, the way lines and shapes intersect and create new forms? Or was it the human element that captured his attention, the figures clustered together, seemingly dwarfed by the scale of the project? Maybe it's a bit of both. Either way, Wesseling gives us a glimpse into the making of a city, the messy, complicated, and ultimately hopeful act of building something new.