Gezelschap op het strand van Scheveningen 1932 - 1938

This photograph, "Gezelschap op het strand van Scheveningen," shows a group of people at the beach, and maybe it was made with a simple camera, capturing a casual scene. Looking at the image, I imagine the photographer trying to catch a moment of people relaxing by the sea. It looks like the photographer was moving around a little, maybe trying to get the light just right, thinking about how to catch the feeling of the sun and the sand. I can see how the photographer framed the scene. I see a few people sitting on the sand, and a woman standing tall with her hand on her hip. These elements give the image a sense of life and storytelling, like a scene from a play. Thinking about photography as a form of painting helps me to look at photographs with a painterly eye, seeing light, shape, and composition as tools of expression.