Because I don't do television and movies and somesuch, I don't see as many "images" as most people, who catch probably hundreds of thousands of them every day, albeit fleetingly.
Which means that when I see a picture, the odds are that I'm looking at it more closely, and with more time, than others when seeing pictures.
I came across this picture in a book, and hence the scanned version isn't quite as sharp as the one in the book, but anyway, I was awed by this picture, taken "somewhere in Belgium" on December 25, 1944.
I think it should be considered a "classic" photograph, in that the camera has caught more than just the outward appearance of something.
If one examines the face of the long-ago clergyman, his grave concern and steadfast confidence in God transcends the limits of a mere photograph. It's a wonderful picture.
Question, however.
This was taken in Belgium, and Belgium is majority Roman Catholic, but this doesn't look like a Catholic clergyman to me. The vestments don't look right, although Catholic usage varies according to country and culture.
There is the phrase "Jesus Christ" in Latin (cut out from this scan; it's painted on the wall of the bombed church) near the top, but still, the vestments don't look Catholic.
No one now can
really know, but can anyone make a good guess what denomination this is?