Voorgevel van Kasteel Hoensbroek 1910

This photograph of Hoensbroek Castle was taken in October 1910 by an anonymous photographer from Monumentenzorg. It’s a dreamy, sepia image, faded almost, like a memory. I'm picturing them, the photographer, setting up the camera, framing the shot, maybe thinking about how to capture the weight and history of the place. It’s interesting, isn’t it, how photography, like painting, can be about time? The way the light catches the stone, the sharp angles of the towers against the sky, all of it telling a story. I wonder if they thought about the people who lived there, what it felt like to walk those halls? Maybe this photographer was influenced by other photographers, or painters even. We all are, you know, artists building on what came before, adding our own little piece to the puzzle.