Brood voor weeskinderen 1945 - 1948

Carel Blazer made this photograph titled 'Bread for Orphans' at an unknown date, using a black and white film. The grain of the image is quite prominent, giving it a tangible and almost tactile quality, like a drawing made up of tiny dots. It's interesting how Blazer uses blur to convey motion, especially in the stack of bread being passed. The subject's hands are in sharp focus, reaching out in a gesture of giving, while the bread itself is a soft, hazy form. The other figure behind him is ghostlike and adds another layer of depth to the image. It’s this contrast between clarity and ambiguity that really draws me in. I can’t help but think of artists like Gerhard Richter, who also explored blurriness in his paintings to question the nature of perception and memory. Just like in Richter’s work, it’s not about seeing clearly, but about embracing the fuzziness of reality.