Pagina 40 van fotoboek van de Algemeene Vereeniging van Rubberplanters ter Oostkust van Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.) c. 1924 - 1925

This photograph, "Pagina 40 van fotoboek van de Algemeene Vereeniging van Rubberplanters ter Oostkust van Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.)," was taken by J.W. Meyster. Look at the house, how it sits, how the light hits it and almost flattens it, but at the same time, you can see how the person who took this photo would have been thinking about the light and the way it would reflect. I imagine Meyster trying to figure out where to stand, to capture the building from this angle. The plants in the front almost look like hard dashes, and the building feels solid and stoic. Even though this isn't a painting, the arrangement of the plants, the way they draw your eye to the center of the house, seems to reference other painting styles and how the artist makes decisions about composition. You can really see the hand of the artist in the choices he made. Artists are always in conversation with each other, across time.