Kerstmaal en woning 1929 - 1930

This old photograph, Kerstmaal en woning by an anonymous artist, it’s black and white. It's like a visual record, a snapshot of a specific time. There's two photographs mounted onto a page in a book, with the photograph on top being set at a jaunty angle. It is a photograph of people dining at a long table. The photograph on the bottom shows an elevated house. Looking at it I can tell the artist was perhaps interested in capturing not just the event, but also the atmosphere, the way the light hits, and the textures of daily life. I can’t help thinking about how this might relate to someone like Gerhard Richter who used found photos as source material for his paintings. Here the artist is not using paint, but light to capture reality and preserve a moment in time. Each mark, each shadow, tells a story, making it a quiet, yet powerful piece.