Gezicht op de groenteveiling in Zwijndrecht c. 1903 - 1910

This is a view of a vegetable auction in Zwijndrecht by G. Hidderley. It's monochromatic, like a memory faded by time. The image shows figures bent over produce, their forms softened, almost dissolving into the scene. I imagine the artist standing there, sketching furiously, trying to capture the ebb and flow of the market, the light glinting off the vegetables, the hustle of daily life. There's a quiet dignity in the way Hidderley depicts these workers, their faces obscured, their labor honored. It reminds me of the Dutch Masters, Vermeer, or de Hooch, who found beauty in the mundane. Hidderley is part of that conversation, maybe whispering from another century, reminding us to look closely at the world around us, to find poetry in the ordinary.