Verblijf in Budapest 1930 - 1931

This scrapbook page with black and white photographs, titled "Verblijf in Budapest," captures scenes by Berti Hoppe. Imagine Berti, maybe strolling around Budapest, camera in hand, deciding what to capture. It’s not just about documenting but about framing memories, right? There's a photograph of two men in a park; the symmetry is all neat and tidy. It’s like Hoppe is organizing the world, finding balance in the everyday. Then there's the thermal bath, and a park view. I wonder what Hoppe was thinking, moving between these scenes. It's like writing a poem, where each image is a line, and the whole page becomes a stanza of visual rhythm. The way the photos are arranged, with their simple captions, creates this sense of a personal narrative unfolding. It reminds me that art, whether it’s painting or photography, is always a conversation.