Jongen in een roeiboot op een water in Enghien 1902

Delizy made this photograph, “Jongen in een roeiboot op een water in Enghien”, and what strikes me is how everything seems to be in conversation with each other, not unlike a painting. Look at the way the reflections in the water seem to stretch and pull the trees into new shapes. I wonder what Delizy was thinking about as they watched the boy rowing? Were they contemplating light, form and shape, like a painter? Or were they simply trying to capture a fleeting moment? The sepia tone creates a sense of nostalgia, almost like a faded memory. I see a connection between Delizy's photographic eye and the way painters like Gerhard Richter use photography as a starting point, blurring the lines between representation and abstraction. Art forms feed into each other, creating new dialogues and ways of seeing.