Jan en Go Kessler tijdens een maaltijd in een bos in Beieren c. 1910

Hermann Johannes Kessler made this photograph, titled 'Jan en Go Kessler tijdens een maaltijd in een bos in Beieren', using a camera, lens, and photographic paper. Look at the tonal range, that deep contrast! It makes you think about the photographer, Boelie, setting up this shot. He’s capturing a specific time, a real, lived experience of these two people, Jan and Go. I wonder about the circumstances. They’re sitting at a table in a Bavarian forest, and you can almost feel the weight of those trees, right? It’s not just a document; it’s a little drama, a small world captured in monochrome. I can imagine Boelie, feeling a connection to them as he shoots. The exchange between the artist and his subjects across time. You think about what Boelie might have been thinking then, the conversation between them all. It makes you wonder.