Huizen en schepen langs een rivier 1903 - 1907

This is a black and white photograph of houses and ships along a river, which someone, somewhere, at some point, created with a camera. I think about what it would have been like to be the photographer. What were they thinking when they made it? Did they want to document a place, or capture something more? You know when I look at this photograph I think about history, because of the boat. How many stories can a single photograph tell? It's interesting to think about how photography can be a kind of painting. The focus, the depth of field, the cropping, are all choices like mark-making that change the image. Every gesture communicates feeling, intention, or meaning. Photography embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations. All artists are in an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity.