Gezicht op de Delagoabaai vanaf Zuid-Afrika 1901

This photograph of Delagoa Bay in South Africa, by Underwood & Underwood, shows a harbor filled with boats and ships. It feels like the start of an adventure, or maybe the end of one? I see the sepia tones, the way the light catches the water, and I think about how this image has traveled through time to get here. I imagine the photographer setting up their camera, trying to capture the vastness of the bay, the smallness of the boats against the horizon. There’s a story here, a moment frozen in time. What did those figures on the boats see? What were they thinking? What conversations were they having? It reminds me of the many seascapes by Turner, where he captured the sublime vastness of nature, the way it dwarfs human existence. Artists and photographers borrow and steal from each other across time, inspiring one another and building on each other's work. As artists, we add our own voice to the conversation.