Portret en in de tuin en op de tennisbaan 1930 - 1931

This is an undated photographic album page by Ton Blom, capturing candid moments in a garden and on a tennis court. The photographs feature a woman, her friends, and a dog enjoying leisurely activities, but it's the symbol of the garden that pulls at the deep roots of our collective memory. Gardens, since antiquity, have been represented as earthly paradises, enclosures of delight, and cultivated nature. These images of recreation in the garden and on the court can be traced back to depictions of pastoral life in Renaissance paintings. Such Arcadian imagery offers a respite from the complexities of life. The garden, with its connotations of peace and simplicity, evokes a longing for a return to a natural state, a dream of innocence. This yearning is a recurring theme throughout history, a collective memory that surfaces time and again in art, literature, and, as we see here, even in everyday photographs.