Echtpaar Jetten voor het huis te Moengo 1925 - 1927

This black and white photograph, Echtpaar Jetten voor het huis te Moengo, shows a couple standing outside a house, and it's unsigned, so we don't know the artist. But just look at the way the light hits that classic car! The darks aren't just dark; they're almost velvety, pulling you into the scene. Notice how the photographer used the focus to guide your eye, from the crisp lines of the architecture to the softer edges of the foliage. The surface has a slight sheen, giving it a tactile presence, like an old photograph you'd find tucked away in an attic. I keep coming back to the shrubbery that borders the image. It almost obscures the view, like memory itself. Artists like Gerhard Richter play with focus and blur to convey a sense of longing or nostalgia, and I feel something similar here. The artist has created a piece that is less about what is depicted and more about how we see and remember.