Portret van een man met snor 1895 - 1914

Louis Fraenkel made this photograph titled 'Portrait of a Man with a Moustache,' but I can't tell you exactly when or where. But I can imagine him in the darkroom, coaxing the image out of the chemicals. I wonder what he thought about the man he was photographing? Did he like the guy's moustache? Was he intimidated by his sharp suit? Photography, like painting, is so physical. The smell of the chemicals, the weight of the camera, the way the light hits the subject. It's all part of the process of creating an image. And like any good artist, Fraenkel was probably thinking about all of that as he worked. Artists are always talking to each other across time, borrowing ideas, riffing on each other's work. I wonder who Fraenkel was looking at when he made this portrait. And who will look at his work in the future and be inspired? It’s an ongoing conversation, and we’re all part of it.