Distributie van voedsel en kinine in Banjir 1910 - 1928

Here's the thing about anonymous artworks like this photograph, "Distributie van voedsel en kinine in Banjir"—it invites us to imagine who created it and why. The images are small, nestled on a page, and surrounded by these delicate, hand-drawn red lines that feel so personal, almost like doodles in a sketchbook. I am curious about their story and the person who put them here. I wonder what it was like to be there, documenting this distribution of food and quinine. What were they thinking? Feeling? It must have been an extraordinary moment, captured with such directness. Was the photographer an aid worker? Or a local resident wanting to show something of their community to the outside world? It’s fascinating how these images speak to each other across time, this anonymous photographer in conversation with us, prompting us to reflect on our own role in observing and interpreting the world around us.