Radioinstallatie en zonnebaden 1940

This is a page from an anonymous photograph album, ‘Radio installation and sunbathing’. I’m just thinking about the relationship between the guy’s tan lines and the radio waves buzzing around the room. The contrast between these two scenes is striking. One is all business, and the other is carefree. What I find interesting is how the photographer, or maybe even the subjects, are so aware of constructing a specific image of themselves. The composition—the way they pose—it's all so deliberate. It’s like they're performing for an audience, even if that audience is just themselves in the future. Photography has this power to freeze a moment in time, but it can also be deceptive. I am aware of the distance between the image and what it represents.