Soldaten lopen door een kapotte stad 1940 - 1945

This small photograph, titled "Soldiers walking through a broken city," is an anonymous work. I like to imagine the artist finding themselves in the middle of this scene. In the photo, there are soldiers walking on the right and a broken city on the left. The artist must have felt the need to record what was happening. Taking a picture is a decision, even if you aren't a professional photographer. You are thinking about composition, light, and shadow. You want to say something about what is happening. That line of marching soldiers seems endless, like a dark snake going into the distance. The artist has chosen to focus our attention on this path of destruction. It makes you wonder about the people who lived in that broken city. Art is often a way to grapple with reality, with the things we don't understand. It gives us a chance to express feelings that can be hard to put into words.