De Telegraaf Possibly 1937

Here's a newspaper called De Telegraaf. I can't tell you exactly when it was printed, but it's pretty cool. The newspaper is filled with dense blocks of text and a faded photograph showing a royal wedding. I imagine the creator laying out these different elements together, making lots of little decisions about how to get the message across. I find myself wondering, what would it be like to be working on a newspaper like this? What were they thinking when they pasted all the words and pictures together? I think about the newsprint—how it feels to the touch, how the ink sits on the surface, and how the paper ages and yellows over time. This artwork gives a glimpse of one moment in time and tells us a story about history, which is interesting to think about. When you look at something like this, you understand how artists and makers from all different times are connected, trading ideas and making each other think in different ways.