Drie kleine kinderen op een omgevallen boom 1913

This gelatin silver print shows three kids on a fallen tree, photographed by Geldolph Adriaan Kessler. Look at the composition. I wonder what it was like taking this picture. Did the kids run to climb the tree as soon as they saw it? I imagine Kessler trying to get them to sit still and smile for the camera. He probably only had a few shots before they got bored and ran off to play somewhere else. The black and white makes it timeless. It could be from any era. The way the light falls on their faces, capturing a moment of pure childhood joy, reminds me of my own family photos. Photography is a continuous conversation across time. Each photographer responding to the ones before, documenting life as they see it. Each image opens up a world of imagination.