Else Wachenheimer-Moos en haar echtgenoot Eugen Wachenheimer op straat tijdens hun verlovingsstijd, 1920-1922, Dresden 1920 - 1922

This photograph of Else Wachenheimer-Moos and her husband Eugen, taken in Dresden sometime between 1920 and 1922, feels like a fleeting moment captured on a street corner. I wonder what it was like for the photographer, probably a family member, to frame this shot? What were they thinking? Probably wanting to preserve the joy of the betrothed couple! There's such a wonderful spontaneity to it. You can almost feel the energy of the city and see the figures in the background move. The couple are static, centered in the frame. But the urban landscape shifts around them. The greyscale and the grain of the photo adds a layer of nostalgia and I'm struck by the contrast between the sharpness of the couple and the soft blur of the city. It’s as if they are caught between times. You imagine them as part of a long lineage of lovers captured in the frame. It makes you wonder about the impermanence of life itself. Ultimately, this photograph reminds us of the power of images to immortalize people in a creative and imaginative way. There's no definitive way to read this image!