Kamer met kinderhoek in landhuis De Wildbaan, Driebergen 1903 - 1907

This photograph, Kamer met kinderhoek in landhuis De Wildbaan, was taken by Henry Pauw van Wieldrecht. I imagine this room was really lived in – that Henry saw it almost like a portrait. Henry might have been thinking of his own children in their playroom when he pressed the shutter button. It's so interesting to see all the details and the stuff that makes up childhood. Look at the tiny things, like the dolls and the furniture. They're placed so carefully. What do you think the walls are made of, wallpaper or paint? I think they make it look like a stage set, where memories of childhood will play out in the viewer's mind. It makes me think about how our own environments become a part of who we are. Henry has this amazing ability to capture a feeling and freeze it in time.