Gezelschap op een terras in Scheveningen 1932

This photograph, titled ‘Gezelschap op een terras in Scheveningen’, meaning ‘Company on a terrace in Scheveningen’, captures a moment of intimate socializing through the straightforward medium of black and white photography. It's like a simple recipe, just light and shadow, but look how it makes a meal of memories. The texture, if you could touch it, would tell you stories about the paper it’s printed on, maybe even about the hands that held it. See how the light catches the edges of the table cloth? The way the stripes on her top almost vibrate, pulling your eye in, it's amazing how such minimal choices can add up to maximum impact. It reminds me a bit of what Alfred Stieglitz was doing – making the everyday feel monumental, capturing something fleeting, and turning it into something that sticks around. It is about an ongoing conversation, a dialogue between artists across time.