Interieur van een katholieke kerk, zicht op het koor c. 1900 - 1940

Richard Tepe made this photograph of the interior of a catholic church, sometime between 1864 and 1952, using a camera. It's all sepia tones, like an old memory. Look how the light seems to glow from behind the altar, almost washing out the details. Tepe really captures the feel of a sacred space, a place set apart. The lines of the architecture, those gothic arches, they draw your eye upward, don't they? The composition, with the rows of empty pews leading to the altar, creates a sense of depth and invites you in. It reminds me a little of some of Eugène Atget's architectural studies, but with a more spiritual vibe. It’s like Tepe is inviting us to contemplate not just the building, but also the silence and the stories it holds.