Gezicht in de theesalon van Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn 1900 - 1930

Richard Tepe made this photograph of the tea salon in Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn at some point in his life. It looks like a calm day to be taking pictures, the kind of weather that lets you just focus and see what’s right in front of you. Looking at the image, I like to imagine Tepe setting up his camera, maybe adjusting the light just so. The challenge of capturing a whole room! It’s kind of like when you're trying to get the colors just right, like they are in your mind's eye, and it takes a while of mixing and staring and mixing again to get it right. The room itself, with its elegant furniture and ornate details, has a real feeling of history and tradition. You can see the chandelier hanging from the ceiling and the portraits on the wall, each element carefully placed to create this scene. It must have felt like stepping back in time, trying to capture the essence of this place. You can see the traces of his hand in how he chose to frame the scene, what to include and what to leave out. In art, it's that conversation between the artist and the subject, the push and pull of intention and letting go, that makes things interesting.