Water Structure 1975

This is Jan Dibbets' ‘Water Structure’. It’s like a serene thought, carefully laid out. I can imagine Dibbets, camera in hand, contemplating water—how light bends and shifts, the way reflections play tricks. The photo has been cut up into small squares like a minimalist grid. I love it, it looks both simple and complex. I am reminded of Sol LeWitt, but with a twist. Where LeWitt used geometric forms, Dibbets uses photography to capture the fluidity of nature. You can almost feel the water moving, the light shimmering. It makes you think about photography itself, about how we frame and capture the world. It's a quiet, meditative piece. It invites you to slow down and really look.