Interieur van de Petruskerk te Zuidbroek 1907

This photo of the Petruskerk interior, in Zuidbroek, shows a quiet reverence in pale sepia tones. I'm immediately drawn to the light, that sense of luminescence. I wonder about the anonymous photographer, and the patience they had to have back then to capture all of this. They must have felt something special about this space. It seems they were trying to communicate something about the serenity and the hushed beauty of this sanctuary. I see the geometric patterns, the circular lamp hanging above, and the way it all echoes in the architecture. You know, it's like the photographer was in conversation with the light. This image and others like it reminds me that every picture—every painting—is a kind of question, a way of wondering about the world and our place within it.