Vier foto's van een reis naar Marseille en Griekenland 1926 - 1929

This scrapbook page holds four photographs from a trip to Marseille and Greece by Carolina (Loentje) Frederika Onnen. Each of these gelatin silver prints is a little window into a specific moment and place. Imagine Onnen, camera in hand, carefully framing each shot. A large boat looms over the harbor, a small boat in front: departure from Alexandria is written in the caption. I can see Onnen searching for the right angle, thinking about light and composition. She's looking, thinking, framing, and recording. Each of these shots are like a painting, snapshots that capture something essential about a particular time and place. Onnen's eye guides us through her travels, inviting us to see the world as she did. What would it have been like to be there alongside her? It reminds me that all artists are, in some way, travelers—observing, documenting, and sharing their unique perspectives with the world.