Een familie achter een deken 1945 - 1947

This photograph, ‘Een familie achter een deken’ by Anefo shows us a family hiding behind a blanket, playing, or maybe peeking? I wonder what it was like for Anefo to make this image. The camera is at the children’s level, implicating the photographer in their game. It reminds me of childhood and making forts out of blankets and chairs, peering out at the world from our secret hideaway, a safe distance from reality. The black and white palette emphasizes the texture of the blanket and the children’s inquisitive faces, their eyes wide with curiosity and laughter. It’s such a simple image, yet it communicates so much about family and play, intimacy and imagination. Photography can be a form of embodied expression, capturing fleeting moments and preserving them for posterity. Like painting, it embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations and meanings. Artists are always in conversation across time, inspiring each other's creativity.