Pagina 111 van fotoboek van de Algemeene Vereeniging van Rubberplanters ter Oostkust van Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.) c. 1924 - 1925

This photograph, "Pagina 111 van fotoboek van de Algemeene Vereeniging van Rubberplanters ter Oostkust van Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.)," was taken by J.W. Meyster at an unknown date. Look at the way the baskets of rubber are suspended in mid-air on this contraption. The photograph feels like it was taken from below, which gives the baskets and the building in the background a sort of dominance. I wonder what it was like for Meyster to take this photo. What was he thinking? Did he have to wait a long time to get the composition right? We can still feel the way that early photography was in dialogue with painting. In some ways, this image is similar to a landscape painting by someone like Pissarro. Artists are in an ongoing conversation, and it’s fun to observe the way that their ideas shift over time.