Interieur met orgel van de Lutherse kerk te Den Haag 1912

This photograph of the organ inside the Lutherse Kerk in Den Haag is, well, it's got a whole lotta brown going on. It was made by an anonymous artist, someone from Monumentenzorg, and I can imagine them setting up their camera, maybe with a big wooden tripod, trying to get the light just right in this cavernous space. I’m thinking about how the photographer carefully framed this shot, emphasizing the verticality of the organ pipes against the architecture, capturing a sense of grandeur and echoing silence. There's something about the texture of the old photograph, the way the light catches the dust, that reminds me of the tactile qualities in a painting. I wonder if this photographer, like a painter, was trying to capture a feeling, not just a scene. Maybe they were thinking about Bach or the resonance of music within these walls. What is certain is that this piece evokes a strong sense of history and place and, for me, is as moving as any painting.