Portret van hoofdonderwijzer en amateurfotograaf Paul A.W. de Hart met fiets in Paramaribo c. 1910

This is a self-portrait of Paul A.W. de Hart, a headmaster and amateur photographer from Paramaribo, Suriname, taken around 1910. The photograph is a snapshot of de Hart standing beside his bicycle in a casual pose, wearing a light-colored suit and sporting a mustache. The image is a small, intimate portrait that captures the essence of a man and his passion for photography, as well as the advent of the bicycle in early 20th-century Suriname.