Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: DOODY, Henry
Event Date: 1945-05
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 11 x 14 inches; 27.94 x 35.56 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004603

Inscriptions:
Captions: Verso: `Gateway to Heaven.? While trying for an angle-shot of the tower of the Tongres Cathedral, some heavy clouds obscured the sun. Waiting for the return of sunlight I relaxed, looked around and discovered a picture that was `at my elbow? all the time! An old peasant woman knelt in prayer just inside the great door. The tower could wait, - and so could the sun!Markings:Verso: `Gateway to Heaven.? While trying for an angle-shot of the tower of the Tongres Cathedral, some heavy clouds obscured the sun. Waiting for the return of sunlight I relaxed, looked around and discovered a picture that was `at my elbow? all the time! An old peasant woman knelt in prayer just inside the great door. The tower could wait, - and so could the sun!

Tagasauris Keywords: 1 person; Architecture; Day; Door; Fence; Gate; Male; Metal; No Photostyle; Nobody; Outdoors; Religion and belief; Stained glass; Statue; Still Life
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BELGIUM / RELIGION: CHURCHES
Retouching: N