Vier foto's van de tempel van Hera in Paestum 1950

These four photographs of the Temple of Hera in Paestum were taken in 1950 by Norbert van den Berg. The monochrome image has a limited tonal range, but it's the composition that grabs me. Each photo offers a different perspective, almost like studies, with the light and shadow rendering the texture of the ancient stones. It’s almost like he's trying to capture the same subject from every angle. It makes me think about how we often try to understand something by looking at it from multiple perspectives. There's a documentary aspect, but the arrangement on the page adds a layer. It’s about the experience of seeing and remembering. Like Cy Twombly’s photos of ancient sites, these images embrace a sense of time and decay, and you feel the weight of history, but also the fragile nature of memory. The arrangement and handwriting has an almost personal quality, like a scrapbook. It's an ongoing conversation across time, inviting us to bring our own interpretations.