Leprozenkolonie Danaradja: personen te paard en oogst 1922

This photograph, "Leprozenkolonie Danaradja: personen te paard en oogst" has been created by an anonymous artist. It presents a fascinating composition with smaller images arranged on a larger surface. I find myself wondering about the colonial context of this work. I imagine the photographer, perhaps an outsider, documenting the daily life and labor within the leper colony. What was their relationship with the community? What stories do these images hide? The sepia tones evoke a sense of nostalgia, but also a detachment, as if viewing a world both familiar and distant. The central image captures a moment of agricultural work, figures with oxen amidst lush vegetation. Then, the other photos of men on horseback disrupt the quiet rhythm, introducing a contrast between labor and leisure, power and vulnerability. This juxtaposition makes me question who is looking, who is being seen, and what the photograph itself conceals.