Een veld met daarop een roedel herten before 1912

Coppin-Goisse made this photograph, "Een veld met daarop een roedel herten," which translates to "A field with a pack of deer," using a camera and some now antique developing process. The sepia tones give it a feeling of age, but also a kind of warmth, like looking through a well-loved family album. What gets me is the way the light filters through the trees, almost obscuring the deer. You can feel how carefully Coppin-Goisse considered the composition, placing the horizon just so, allowing the light to create these soft, almost blurry edges. It's like they are using the camera to paint with light and shadow. Think about how Caspar David Friedrich used landscapes to evoke a sense of sublime mystery. There's something similar going on here, a feeling that nature holds secrets we can only glimpse. It's a reminder that art isn't just about capturing what's there, but about creating a space for imagination and wonder.