Bloedresten op een zakdoek en een handtekening op een Frans document before 1908

This early photograph by Rodolphe Archibald Reiss captures what he calls 'invisible rays'. It's like he's trying to trap something fleeting, something beyond our normal perception. I can almost imagine Reiss in his darkroom, experimenting with light and chemicals, coaxing these hidden images into view. What I find amazing is the way the texture of the cloth and the ink of the signature seem to emerge from the shadows. It's like he's not just recording an image, but revealing something about the material itself. It reminds me of the way painters like Gerhard Richter or even Cy Twombly have used photography to explore the materiality of their own work. There’s an exchange between the mediums, a cross-pollination of ideas. Each inspiring the other. It reminds us that art is always in conversation, building on what came before, reaching toward what's next.