Zuidzijde van het Groot Kasteel bij Deurne 1890 - 1920

This photograph of Zuidzijde van het Groot Kasteel bij Deurne, was made by an anonymous member of Monumentenzorg. I imagine them patiently setting up their equipment, waiting for the right light. The image is sepia, lending it a nostalgic, almost dreamlike quality. I wonder what the photographer was thinking as they framed this shot. The castle looms, solid and imposing, yet there’s a softness, a kind of vulnerability in the way the light catches its weathered brickwork. Look at the detail in the roof tiles, each one a testament to time and the elements. And the windows—dark, mysterious portals hinting at stories within. It’s like a conversation across time, this photograph. What does it mean to document, to preserve, to see? It reminds me that every image, every painting, is just one perspective, one moment captured in an ongoing dialogue.