Twee Japanse meisjes in een tuin in Kioto 1900 - 1907

This stereoscopic image of two Japanese girls in a Kyoto garden was created by T. Enami sometime at the turn of the 20th Century. You know, when I look at the image like this, it feels to me like I'm in the garden with them, peeking at a special, private moment. I can only imagine what it was like for Enami to set up this shot. I wonder, was he thinking about the composition, or trying to capture something more elusive? Maybe he wanted to express the innocence and beauty of these young girls, carefully framing them within the architecture of the tea house and the surrounding foliage. It's like he's not just documenting a scene but communicating a feeling, an intention. The image has a soft, sepia tone that gives it a dreamlike quality. Photography, like painting, is an act of looking, of focusing, and of trying to capture something real. It’s about freezing a moment in time. Photography is always in conversation with painting. I love how artists can inspire each other across time. It reminds us that art isn't just about what we see, but how we feel and interpret the world around us.