Gezicht op zee before 1903

Edgar Milster’s photograph, "Gezicht op zee", offers a glimpse of the sea captured with what seems like an immediate gesture. The image is built up through subtle shifts and modulations of light and shadow. Looking at it, I can't help but think about how the artist might have felt, standing there, trying to capture the essence of the sea. You know, the sea is never still, it's always moving and changing. And here he is trying to nail it down, trying to find some kind of form. The way the light dances on the water, the texture of the waves, the horizon line that seems to stretch on forever. It’s like he's wrestling with it, trying to find some kind of harmony in all that chaos. It reminds me a bit of some of Gerhard Richter's seascapes, where he's blurring the line between representation and abstraction. It’s all about the process. And in this way, Milster invites us to see and feel the ocean's raw, untamed beauty. It's like he's saying, "Look, this is how I saw it, this is how I felt it," and leaving it up to us to fill in the gaps.