Een Soedaneesche woning in aanbouw 1900 - 1935

This stereoscopic image, a photograph by Neville Keasberry, captures a Sudanese house under construction. The monochrome palette emphasizes the textures, doesn't it? It's all about the grit of the materials and the way the light hits them. Look at the scaffolding, the unfinished roof. It's like a drawing in space, a network of lines and angles. I am fascinated by the idea of process, and in this photo, the raw structure is laid bare. You can almost feel the effort, the labor, the step-by-step evolution of the building. The textures are so rich and varied, from the smooth rails to the rough wood of the building itself. The composition is a little unusual, but it creates a dynamic tension that keeps you looking. This reminds me a little of some of Bernd and Hilla Becher's photographs of industrial structures. They weren't trying to pretty things up, but rather to document the world as they found it, with all its imperfections and contradictions. And that, for me, is where the beauty lies.