Herman Bessleaar langs een weg en een stadsgezicht van Wenen nabij de Westbahnhof 1930 - 1931

These vintage photographs by Berti Hoppe capture city and landscapes with a soft monochrome palette, as if whispered through time. On the left, a figure stands alone by a winding road, maybe contemplating the journey ahead? And on the right, the urban sprawl near Vienna's Westbahnhof stretches out, a bustling scene frozen in a moment. I wonder what Berti was thinking as they framed these shots? Perhaps a quiet observer, finding beauty in the everyday rhythms of life. The grainy texture of the prints gives them a sense of immediacy, like looking through an old family album. You can almost smell the dust and hear the echoes of the past. I'm reminded of artists like Atget, who documented their surroundings with such tenderness and curiosity. In the end, we're all just trying to make sense of the world, one snapshot at a time, capturing fleeting moments that might otherwise be lost forever.