Drie foto's van enkele jonge mannen en een vrouw en Emilie Onnen met Abraham Dudok van Heel, zes maanden oud 1918

Here's a little photo album, author unknown. This piece, made up of sepia toned images, documents a time and place through the lens of community and family. The surface has a tactile quality, as if you could feel the texture of the paper, the way the images have faded slightly over time. I wonder what the photographer was thinking when composing these snapshots. In one, a group of young men and a woman gather, their expressions a mix of curiosity and amusement. Another captures a tender moment between mother and child. It's interesting how photographs, like paintings, can freeze a moment, but also evoke a whole world of memories, associations, and feelings. Like looking at a Gerhard Richter, you find yourself questioning what is in focus, what is being captured, and what is just outside the frame. Artists are always in conversation with one another, aren't they? Even across time, even across medium.