Eugen Wachenheimer en zijn echtgenote Else Wachenheimer-Moos op de promenade van Merano, april-mei 1936, Italië Possibly 1936

This photo album page captures Eugen Wachenheimer and his wife, Else Wachenheimer-Moos, on the promenade of Merano, Italy, in April-May 1936. Composed of four small, rectangular photographs arranged in a grid, it presents a structured view of a personal narrative. The decision to frame these images in such a manner speaks to a desire to compartmentalize memory, presenting each moment as a discrete unit. The black and white medium flattens the emotional landscape, reducing the scene to its formal elements. Light and shadow play across the images, creating a pattern that unifies the composition. This arrangement invites us to consider the act of framing itself. The rigid structure imposed on the album page challenges the fluid nature of lived experience. Is this an attempt to control the chaos of life, to impose order on the flux of time? It’s possible. This approach emphasizes the constructed nature of memory, suggesting that our recollections are as much about what we choose to include as what we leave out. As such, the album becomes a curated space, a stage on which the past is carefully arranged and presented.