Twee foto's van Broek in Waterland en een optocht met koningin Wilhelmina, 1924 Possibly 1924 - 1925

Hendrik Herman van den Berg made this photographic artwork in 1924. It's got two photos, of Broek in Waterland, and a parade with Queen Wilhelmina. I look at this and I immediately start to think about how artists make choices. There is a huge level of intentionality required. Van den Berg decides to create the image by putting two scenes together on one page. Why? It makes you think about simultaneity, about what’s important and worth remembering. There is stillness in one, the water, the buildings. Then movement in the other, the horses, the parade. The images could be a great starting point for a dialogue with other artists who explored photography as a medium to investigate society and its inhabitants, such as August Sander. There are a lot of ways to see, think, and experience the world; an artist makes the decisions that we, as viewers, can then think about.