Marktkoopvrouw verkoopt sinaasappels in Den Haag 1904

This is a photograph by James Higson of a woman selling oranges in The Hague. It's sepia toned, probably because it's an early photograph. You can almost smell the oranges, can’t you? I always wonder when I look at pictures like this what it was like for the photographer to make it. Did he set up the shot? Or was he just passing by, trying to capture the moment? And what about the people in the picture? Did they know they were being photographed? Did they care? The composition is really lovely – the woman with her umbrella, the boy walking down the street, the other market stalls in the background. It's a slice of life. And it makes you think about all the other slices of life that are happening all the time, all over the world. I think artists are always in conversation with each other. It’s all about exchange and responding. It’s a call and response, and each artist adds their voice to the chorus.