Een scène uit het toneelstuk 'Wat Jonas overkwam' Possibly 1936

This photograph, 'Een scène uit het toneelstuk 'Wat Jonas overkwam'', probably emerged from the darkroom of Fotobureau Stevens, capturing a fleeting moment from a play. I wonder what the photographer felt as they framed this shot. The tension is palpable, isn't it? You've got these figures caught mid-scene, their bodies telling a story of conflict. There’s this back and forth of gestures, a conversation happening between the characters, as if the scene is being painted. I'm thinking about the push and pull, the drama of putting paint on canvas, the struggle to give form to something. What do we think Jonas did? It makes me consider the act of looking. Each glance holds a story, and the characters, frozen in this moment, are forever caught in their roles. Like artists working at their easels, or the theatre photographer snapping away, they continue to explore the different ways of seeing and being.