Gezicht op het Kasteel van Vitré 1901

Delizy made this photographic print, of what I think is the Castle of Vitré. It’s very sepia, quite muted, almost veiled. I imagine Delizy was really trying to nail the way the light hits the stone, to capture the monumentality of this castle. You can almost feel the weight of the stones, the imposing structure looming over everything. I wonder what Delizy was thinking, setting up the camera? Maybe trying to freeze a piece of history, or perhaps just like me, fascinated by shapes and forms and the way they play together. The light is so subdued, it invites a kind of quiet contemplation, like a memory fading gently. It reminds me a little of Corot, the way he used light to create atmosphere. We’re all looking, trying to see, and then trying to record that vision, to have a record of how we felt in that moment.