Gezin dat op straat wandelt c. 1920 - 1940

"Gezin dat op straat wandelt" or "Family walking on the street" was made by G. Hidderley. It's a monochromatic moment frozen in time. I see a family strolling down a lane and I wonder, was the artist trying to capture something specific about their relationship or the town itself? Think about the artist making this; they chose this precise angle, this very light. Maybe Hidderley walked up and down the lane for days, trying to catch this family in the right way. Did they want to show us the simple beauty of life, a day-in-the-life scene? The textures, the light... It reminds me a bit of early street photography. Like the photo-eye was a brush, smearing life onto film, trying to fix it for all eternity. Artists across time are speaking to each other, trying to pin down these fleeting moments. It's why we do what we do, right?