A Norman Village 1904

David Young Cameron made this etching, A Norman Village, and it’s like he’s building this place from scratch with a million tiny lines. You can almost feel the scratching of the plate, the delicate pressure he must have used. The buildings aren't just sitting there; they're emerging, like memories. Look at the way he renders the texture of the buildings. The lines aren’t just descriptive; they create a mood, a sense of time worn surfaces. The dark doorway on the left is particularly evocative, you can almost smell the earth. The details aren't labored, they're whispered, leaving space for our own imaginations to fill in the blanks. Cameron reminds me a bit of Whistler, who was similarly obsessed with tonal effects, with making atmosphere palpable. But Cameron's got a grit that's all his own. It’s like he’s saying, "Here’s a place, half-seen, half-remembered, but undeniably real."