Voetgangersbrug 1931 - 1940

This photograph is a bridge, somewhere in the Netherlands, probably made with a camera and chemicals. The thing about a bridge is it invites you to cross, and the way the photographer has placed us right at the entry, it makes me think of a dare. Like, I double dare you, look down the barrel of this metal architecture. There’s a vanishing point thing happening, all those steel beams are gonna force you to go somewhere, but where? We can’t see, it’s all grey and fading, it’s like that tunnel at the end of “Poltergeist.” I bet the artist was thinking about geometry and getting things straight, unlike me, I like it when things are wobbly and off, but isn’t it funny how different we all are, and yet… we all get the urge to make something. Who knows, maybe someone who sees this photograph will get inspired to build their own bridge, either real or imagined!