Landweg met oude linde (Gros Tilleul) en hooiwagen in Frankrijk 1904

This small photograph, Landweg met oude linde (Gros Tilleul) en hooiwagen in Frankrijk, was made by Delizy, and is a landscape in sepia tones. There’s a gorgeous hazy quality that almost softens the edges of everything in the image. I love how the details sort of emerge as you look longer. The road feels like it's made of this almost liquid light, flowing between the old linden tree, hay wagon and buildings. The sepia tones give it this dreamy, nostalgic vibe, like an old memory being pulled from the depths of your mind. It reminds me of some of Corot's landscape paintings – that same softness and subtle play of light and shadow. There’s an ambiguity, a feeling that there’s more than one way to interpret what you’re seeing. It’s more like a fleeting impression than a concrete depiction.