Drie gezichten op Bratislava, het kasteel van Devín en een Hongaars dorp 1930 - 1931

This album page by Berti Hoppe features three sepia-toned gelatin silver prints of Bratislava, its castle, and a Hungarian village. The way Hoppe has framed these images—the way the light falls, the textures of the landscape—it's all about seeing and feeling a place. There's a real sense of texture; you can almost feel the roughness of the castle ruins, the stillness of the water. It's like Hoppe is showing us not just what these places look like, but what it feels like to be there, connected to the earth and history. That little Hungarian village at the bottom? It's like a whisper of life, a quiet contrast to the grander scenes above. Looking at this page, I'm reminded of artists like Bernd and Hilla Becher, who also cataloged architecture, but with a very different feel. Where the Bechers are cool and detached, Hoppe's work feels personal, like a memory gently fading at the edges. It's a reminder that art, even in photography, is always a conversation, a way of seeing and interpreting the world that's uniquely ours.