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

This sepia photograph by G. Hidderley captures Gezicht op de Pieterseliesteeg te Hoorn, seen towards Kerkplein with the Grote Kerk. I love the way the composition draws you down the street—as if walking in the artist's footsteps. It's hard to know what Hidderley was thinking as they framed this view, but perhaps there was a simple fascination with the way light shapes a street. The buildings loom on either side, creating a tunnel vision effect, yet the church beckons you into the distance. Look at how the lamp in the foreground is captured in great detail. This work reminds me of Eugène Atget's photographs of Paris; Hidderley may have been making a similar record of a town in the Netherlands. Artists are always in conversation, aren't they? Creating a sense of place through light, shadow, and atmosphere. This is a form of expression that embraces the everyday, allowing us to see the beauty in a simple street.