Compositie van elf foto's van personen en onderwijs aan de Keizerlijke Militair-Medische Academie, gecombineerd met decoratie van medische instrumenten en materialen 1913

This photo collage by V. Sabel’skij assembles eleven photographs of people, education at the Imperial Military Medical Academy, and medical instruments, creating a scene both intimate and documentary. Imagine Sabel’skij carefully arranging each image, considering how they speak to one another, to create a scene that is both informative and strangely poetic. There is a sense of order to the composition, the sepia tones of the photographs united with bandages and medical instruments. The academy building stands tall, a testament to its imposing presence. Perhaps Sabel’skij sought to capture a sense of the institution's history, its impact on the lives it touched. The arrangement of images speaks to a history, a system of care and knowledge, an artistic practice that seeks to fix experience in time. Like all artists, Sabel’skij engages in a dialogue with his predecessors, his peers, and those who will follow, constantly reimagining the possibilities of his medium. It’s a reminder that art is an ongoing conversation.