Untitled 1980

This photograph by Ursula Schulz-Dornburg captures a cluster of buildings at the edge of the water. I’m imagining Ursula standing there, composing the image, thinking about light and shadow and form. The scene is sparse, but the longer you look, the more you see. What might it have been like to stand in the artist's shoes, watching the light as it rakes across the buildings? Did she have to wait for the water to be still? Or was she drawn to the ripples and movement of the water, contrasting with the still structures on the shore? Think about how the artist has framed the shot, and how the buildings are arranged to direct the eye through the space, in a conversation across time with other photographers and artists who have sought to capture light and form. It's like she's asking us to consider how we construct meaning from the world around us.