Zijaanzicht van een terp bij Tószeg 1928

Jan Lanting made this photograph of a mound near Tószeg, with light and shadow playing over a grassy bank. You know, what I love about looking at art is how it lets you travel in time, and to imagine other ways of seeing. I bet Lanting set out that day to see what he could see. Maybe he wanted to capture the details of the landscape, or maybe he was just drawn to the way the light hit the earth. I imagine him carefully framing the shot, maybe thinking about the painters of the past who had tried to capture the essence of nature, or the texture of the soil, or the way the light changes the appearance of something over time. It's a kind of conversation, you know, between artists across the ages. Each one building on what came before, adding their own voice to the mix. What I find so compelling about this photograph is that it embraces ambiguity, and the multitude of ways of interpreting it. It captures the beauty and complexity of the landscape, while leaving room for us to bring our own experiences and perspectives to the work.