On the street 2019

Curator: What hits me first is the sheer solitude. This long, lonely road stretching out. It’s compelling. Editor: Indeed. What you're observing is Alfred Freddy Krupa's 2019 photograph, "On the street," a black and white composition of a seemingly endless road receding into the distance. It certainly has a mood. Curator: Mood is right. And look at that stark white line, slicing the darkness of the asphalt. It feels almost... symbolic. Is it hope, a way forward? Or is it just cold, hard direction? Editor: As an iconographer, I'm drawn to that central line as well. Roads in art often represent journeys, life paths. That stark monochrome only intensifies the symbolic reading—the duality, choice, a crossroads of sorts. The black and white strips away the distractions of color, forcing us to confront something primal. Curator: And those receding lampposts on either side... almost like watchful sentinels. There’s a story being hinted at here. Editor: Consider the contrast, too. The rough texture of the road surface against the smooth, almost ethereal sky. That contrast highlights the here and now, against a sort of infinite possibility. The trees stand sentinel on either side, almost like gothic embellishments—framing human actions and possibilities within their looming, ancient presence. Curator: It’s like the road isn’t just a road, but a stage. Waiting for the play to begin. Editor: Perhaps the play is already underway, just out of frame, outside of our limited vision. Or, and this is equally possible, the image acts as a visual koan. Its emptiness becomes its message; we are what fills the road. Curator: I like that, the open-endedness of it all. It reminds me of certain film stills, capturing a moment right before something big happens, and now that you mention the trees I think of curtains getting ready to open on a performance. Editor: A perfect simile to suggest the depth here! In the end, perhaps it is the viewers’ projection and interpretation which truly activates this intriguing piece of Alfred Freddy Krupa.