Ambtsgebouwen Semarang 1948 - 1949

This is a collection of monochromatic photographs in an album, depicting architectural scenes in Semarang. I wonder about this anonymous artist. I imagine them collecting photographs to create this album. They've documented buildings, landscapes, and people, as if capturing the essence of a place through a series of visual snapshots. There’s a tenderness here. You can almost feel the artist's presence, their curiosity about the world around them. What was it like for them, choosing these specific images, arranging them on the page, creating this personal archive? It's like a conversation across time, a shared experience of seeing and feeling, even when the artist remains unknown. We’re all compilers, of memories, of images, of feelings.