Kinderen op hooibergen, vermoedelijk in Bretagne 1901

This sepia-toned photograph, 'Children on Haystacks, probably in Brittany', was taken by Delizy. I love imagining the moment they composed this scene. I’m thinking about Delizy, camera in hand, wandering around Brittany. The way the haystacks dominate the scene reminds me of a painter building up layers of color and texture, constructing a world bit by bit. The children are arranged just so, like figures carefully placed within a composition. I can imagine Delizy, maybe sweating a little in the sun, trying to get everyone to hold still. It's almost sculptural, isn't it? The way those haystacks rise up, becoming these golden, monumental forms. You know, it makes you think about how we build our own little worlds, whether with hay or paint or photographs, and how those worlds connect us to each other. It reminds me that artmaking, at its core, is really about sharing a moment, an idea, a feeling with someone else.