Portret van een onbekende jongeman in een uniform van het Leger des Heils c. 1907 - 1920

This is a portrait of an unknown young man in a Salvation Army uniform, made with photography by Alfred Seaman. The sepia tone has an intense nostalgia. It’s like looking back through time itself, a layering process. I love how photography can almost be painting, smudging the edges of reality. There's a softness about the textures and surfaces. The young man is leaning on a small table, his gaze direct but also distant. The light catches the subtle details of his uniform – the buttons, the collar, the cap. It all speaks to this quiet commitment, a story etched in shades of brown. It reminds me of some of August Sander’s portraits, these beautiful, stark images of people that capture not just their likeness, but something about their spirit. There's a dialogue happening here – between the photographer, the subject, and us, the viewers. It's this ongoing exchange that makes art so endlessly fascinating.