Vervallen gebouwen bij een vijver in Nederlands-Indië 1912

Onnes Kurkdjian created this photograph of dilapidated buildings near a pond in the Dutch East Indies using a camera. This piece really plays with light and shadow, doesn't it? It's like he's painting with the camera, using different exposures to create a mood, a feeling. The way the light catches the textures of the old buildings, the way it filters through the trees, it all feels very deliberate. There's a real sense of depth here, a sense of history, too. I'm drawn to the contrast between the rough, weathered surfaces of the buildings and the smooth, still surface of the pond. It's almost like a conversation between two different states of being, like a quiet reflection on the passage of time. It reminds me a bit of the way Atget captured Paris. It's not about grand monuments or famous people, but about the everyday, the overlooked. A quiet look at decay. It's not about perfection, it's about the beauty that can be found in imperfection, in the marks of time.