Leprozenkolonie Danaradja: zeezicht en vrouw 1922

This is a collection of photographs, mounted together to create a unified image, from Leprozenkolonie Danaradja. The artist is unknown. The sepia tones give everything a feeling of being in the past, like faded memories. The way the images are laid out almost feels like a sketchbook, where different ideas or observations are collected on a single page, with little sense of hierarchy. Look at the top image, the sea view. See how the light flares in the centre? It's like the artist was searching for something, a kind of truth maybe, and the process of doing this left its mark on the image itself. The composition brings to mind the work of someone like Gerhard Richter, who also liked to explore the way that photography and painting could interact with each other. Ultimately, this piece reminds me that art is really about asking questions, rather than providing answers.