Gezicht op de Rijnvallei bij Sankt Goar 1900 - 1906

This warm-toned photograph captures a view of the Rhine Valley near Sankt Goar, and was shot by Delizy. I’m wondering what Delizy was thinking when they were up there looking down at that river, trying to capture the vastness, the way the water snakes between the hills. Those little boats seem so small against the landscape. It’s like the world is so big, and we’re all just trying to find our way through it. I wonder if Delizy struggled to capture what they saw, you know? Did they try different angles, different exposures? Or did they just set up the camera and hope for the best? Sometimes, that’s all you can do. As a painter, I get it: it's like you're trying to grab something that's always just out of reach. Still, I'm just really grateful that they were there, camera in hand, trying to catch a piece of the world and share it with us.