Gezicht op het Kasteel van Wijchen na de restauratie 1908

This photograph of Gezicht op het Kasteel van Wijchen na de restauratie was taken by an anonymous photographer from Monumentenzorg. I imagine the photographer thinking about light and structure here. It’s all about form, and the way the castle rises up out of the landscape. I can almost feel the hand of the photographer directing me to look, see, and consider the careful geometry of architecture. The lines of the building and the composition is so crisp. What kind of labor went into building that castle, and then restoring it? I love thinking about an image having its own history, just like a building. Painters have looked at photographs for a long time, and thought about how a lens captures the world. And in turn, photography has been shaped by painting. It’s a constant exchange of ideas, a dance across time. This picture invites me to think about how we build and rebuild our world, both literally and metaphorically.