Verwoeste schuur en huis in een ondergelopen buitenwijk van Parijs 1910 - 1911

This photograph shows a destroyed barn and house in a flooded suburb of Paris, and was made by G. Dangereux. It's small, intimate, almost like a diary entry, capturing a moment of devastation. The sepia tones give it a melancholic feel, like a memory fading at the edges. Water dominates the scene, still and reflective, yet hinting at the chaos it has caused. The surface of the print itself is smooth, but the image captures so much texture; the splintered wood of the barn, the rough brick of the house, all softened by the flood. Look at how the light catches the ripples in the water, each one a tiny brushstroke of disaster, so to speak. Maybe it echoes Atget’s photographs of a disappearing Paris, a record of something lost, or maybe it’s just a reminder that even in destruction, there’s a strange kind of beauty. It's an open question, like all good art should be.