Vier en een halve maand oude baby Klaas Kleiterp krijgt de fles van zijn moeder Tine Kleiterp-Vermeulen in Malang 1920

This photograph, taken by Klaas Kleiterp in Malang, captures a tender moment between a mother and her four-and-a-half-month-old baby. The muted tones and soft focus give the image a dreamlike quality. There’s a real intimacy to the way Kleiterp composes the shot. The light seems to fall gently on the baby’s face, while the mother’s gaze is focused entirely on her child. Looking at the way the light is handled, it makes me think of the photographic work of Julia Margaret Cameron, another artist who knew how to use soft focus and unusual compositions to capture the emotional essence of her subjects. What strikes me most is the sense of fleeting time. This is a moment that will soon be gone, but it's preserved here in this small, delicate photograph. It’s a reminder that art, in all its forms, is a way of holding onto the things we cherish most.