Duitse militairen en burgers op het Stationsplein te Utrecht 1941 - 1942

This untitled photograph captures German soldiers and civilians at Stationsplein in Utrecht, and the first thing I notice is its grainy texture, which gives it a sense of immediacy. It’s not trying to be smooth or perfect; it’s a document, a piece of life caught in the act of happening. Look at the way the light catches the cobblestones in the foreground. Each stone is a little world, a little abstract shape, and together they make up this complex, textured surface. It reminds me how much of art is about noticing the small things, the details that make up the whole. And it makes you wonder, doesn't it, about who took this photo, and why? What were they trying to capture? Like a painting, it’s a moment frozen in time, but it's also an invitation to imagine the stories that surround it. Think of Lee Friedlander, who also reveled in the mundane, who used photography as a process to reveal the beauty of the everyday. Art is an ongoing conversation.