Zeven landschappen, een zeelandschap en een gezicht op een straat in een dorp c. 1930

This photograph album by Berti Hoppe is a window into Zeeland's soul, told through a series of black and white landscapes. Imagine Hoppe, squinting into the viewfinder, trying to capture the essence of these flatlands. There’s a quietness here. In one image, a road stretches out, bisecting the land with almost painful clarity; in another, sheep huddle together like bundled thoughts. It makes me think of Agnes Martin, her grids echoing these ordered vistas. Maybe Hoppe was thinking about how the horizon, ever-present, could be both a limit and an invitation. What happens when the land meets the sky? What stories do these roads hold? I like to imagine Hoppe choosing each picture carefully to create a visual poem. These small, framed moments become part of a larger narrative, speaking to the enduring dialogue between artists who strive to express what it feels like to be in a particular place at a particular time.