Gezicht op de restanten van de Dewa tempel te Cakranegara, Lombok 1900 - 1902

Here is a stereoscopic photograph, by an anonymous artist, of the remains of the Dewa temple in Cakranegara, Lombok. It is a study in contrasts between the solidity of the architectural structures and the lush, unruly nature surrounding them. The temple's ruins, rendered in sepia tones, seem to stand as a testament to time and history. I can imagine the photographer carefully composing the shot, trying to capture the essence of this place, the weight of its past, and the slow, inevitable embrace of nature. What does it mean to record a place? It's a kind of collaboration between the human-made and the organic, between permanence and ephemerality. As the artist, I think I would make it all much more colourful. I'd really make it sing! Photography is a kind of painting, too. It is such a creative pursuit that allows one to create something that is entirely new!