Waldemar Titzenthaler, de fotograaf, met zijn echtgenote Olga en kinderen Marba en Eckart zittend in een veld Possibly 1917 - 1918

Waldemar Titzenthaler, the photographer, captured himself, his wife Olga, and their children Marba and Eckart, sitting in a field with his camera. The grayscale palette feels soft, and the details are a bit hazy. It reminds me that artmaking, even with a camera, is always a process of seeing and feeling, not just recording. I am drawn to the texture of the grass, the subtle shifts in light and shadow that give the scene depth. It's not just a flat image, but a whole world you could almost step into. There is something so moving about the way the light glances off the trees in the background, giving the entire composition a hazy glow. Thinking about other photographers like Julia Margaret Cameron, who embraced a certain softness and dreaminess in her work. Like Cameron, Titzenthaler reminds us that art isn't about perfection, but about capturing a feeling, a moment, a mood.