Voorstelling van Britse soldaten die een aanval op een heuvel uitvoeren 1901

This image shows British soldiers charging uphill during the Boer War in South Africa. I wonder what it was like to make this picture; maybe the artist crouched low behind a rock, fiddling with their bulky camera. It's incredible what lengths they must have gone to, trying to capture an uncapturable moment. The soldiers are depicted as a mass, with a striking similarity to the work of some history painters. In a way, it recalls the blurry figures in a Gerhard Richter painting – that sense of movement and uncertainty. I think this really embodies the artist’s intent to show conflict as an overwhelming force. The light is interesting, too. With the sepia toning of the photograph, it’s like we're looking at something old, weathered, and perhaps even a little romanticized. It reminds us that artists are always in conversation with history, reinterpreting and reimagining the past through their own lens. Each brushstroke or click of the camera is a statement, and an act of embodied expression.