Isabel Wachenheimer bij het balkon van de woning van de familie Wachenheimer, mei 1931, München 1931 - 1935

This photograph, Isabel Wachenheimer by the balcony of the Wachenheimer family home, was taken in Munich in May 1931 by an unknown member of the Wachenheimer family. It's assembled into a kind of grid, a domestic storyboard. It's really interesting how these family photos, these humble materials, become this very poignant little window into a life. I find myself drawn to the image where Isabel is at the window, her face pressed against the glass. There's this real sense of curiosity and a kind of longing. The way the light catches her face, the texture of the glass, it feels like a portal. It brings to mind a lot of the work by artists like Felix Vallotton, those stark interiors and shadowy figures. There’s something about the intimacy and the off-the-cuff nature of the photograph that makes it hard not to get drawn into the image. It’s less about technical perfection and more about capturing a feeling, a moment in time. And that's something a lot of artists today are still striving for. It's like art is just one big, ongoing conversation, right?