Huis aan een water met een brug, aan de horizon twee torens c. 1905 - 1907

Here is a sepia toned photograph by Folkert Idzes de Jong, it shows a house by the water with a bridge and two towers on the horizon. You know, there’s something so melancholic about these old photographs, they seem to hold time captive. I imagine De Jong setting up his camera, trying to capture not just the scene, but the feeling of this quiet waterside. He's carefully framing the shot, balancing the house, the bridge, and those distant towers. It's like he's trying to tell a story about a place where time slows down, where the water reflects not just the sky but also the past. The light here is muted, soft, giving everything a dreamlike quality. It reminds me of those early days of photography, where every image felt like a little miracle. And here, we are, looking back at this moment, almost a century later. I wonder if De Jong knew that his little capture of a quiet day would still be speaking to us now?