Stadhuis van Vianen c. 1890 - 1920

This photograph of Stadhuis van Vianen, was taken by an anonymous person who worked at Monumentenzorg. I'm thinking about the person who made this image and the kind of patience they must have had to have waited for the right light. It’s almost a painting in some ways, the way the light catches the front of the building, so soft and still. The details around the windows are so delicately captured and I wonder, were they just trying to document this building? Maybe they were trying to communicate some feeling about this old building, trying to create a record of its architectural details, while also showing how it has been altered over time, to represent its history and legacy. It feels deeply personal, like a tribute. I see them there taking the photograph, and now I'm here looking at it - we are connected through this image!