Isabel Wachenheimer bij een oude muur, aan zee, 1947-1955, Israël c. 1947 - 1955

This small black-and-white photograph, likely taken between 1947 and 1955 in Israel, shows Isabel Wachenheimer standing by an old wall near the sea. The family Wachenheimer probably made it. Imagine them there, the Wachenheimers, framing Isabel against the ancient stones and endless horizon, a portal to somewhere else. It reminds me of the way we use photographs to hold onto moments, to give them a weight and texture they didn’t have before, a kind of emotional surface. Think about the light in the photograph, how it highlights the rough edges of the wall and the soft curve of the sea in the background. It’s like they’re trying to capture not just a person, but a feeling, a sense of place and time. There’s something timeless about it, like a conversation between the past and the present, and it makes me wonder about all the other voices and visions that have echoed across the years.