Obelisk voor Charles-Joseph de Ligne, in de tuin van het Château de Beloeil before 1908

This photograph, "Obelisk voor Charles-Joseph de Ligne, in de tuin van het Château de Beloeil," captures a hazy scene with an obelisk standing amidst trees, but it's the light that really grabs you. The whole image is bathed in this soft, almost dreamy light. It's not just about what you see, but how you see it. The photograph has a kind of hazy texture which obscures the form of the Obelisk, turning it into a kind of ghost. It reminds me a little of Agnes Martin, her work is so ethereal, but so carefully and materially produced. The way the light filters through the leaves, creating these blurred patches, feels like an impression, a fleeting moment captured. And that obelisk in the center, reaching upwards, becomes more of a symbol, or a memory, than a solid thing. It’s that tension between presence and absence, clarity and obscurity, that makes the image so intriguing, and hints at the nature of the artistic process.