Gezicht op een aantal bomen aan een water before 1902

This black and white landscape, "Gezicht op een aantal bomen aan een water" was made by H. Vonachten, but there is no date available. Looking at it, I can just imagine Vonachten out there, maybe near dusk, trying to capture the quiet scene with a lens. I wonder what he was thinking about, what he was hoping to convey. The texture is smooth, and the tones are beautifully balanced, creating a very atmospheric feel. See how the soft reflections in the water blur the line between the real and the mirrored? It's like looking into another world. The light is subdued and gentle, and the way the trees are silhouetted is just gorgeous. This piece reminds me a bit of some of the early Impressionist landscapes, where artists were trying to capture a feeling, an impression, more than a photographic reality. Artists are always in conversation with each other, across time, right? Painting and photography are both forms of embodied expression, and they both embrace ambiguity. There’s no one right way to see this – it invites you to bring your own feelings and interpretations to the mix.