Gezicht op een kerk, gezicht op een boerderij aan het water en twee portretten van Herman Besselaar c. 1930

This small collection of photographs by Berti Hoppe captures a church, a farm by the water, and two portraits of Herman Besselaar. It is a set of small windows into the past. I wonder about the texture of the paper. Photography is physical, too. What was it like for Berti to develop these pictures? Was it a cold day? I see these images, and I think about the artist, with their hands immersed in developer fluid in the darkroom. They would have witnessed the pictures gradually surfacing, like apparitions. This work reminds me that all artists are involved in a conversation across time. We pick up where others left off. And isn't it interesting how each artist’s work speaks with such a distinct voice?