Legerlaarzen 1941 - 1945

This small, anonymous photograph captures a row of soldiers standing in their boots. I’m wondering about the person behind the camera. Were they trying to document, or were they making some kind of accidental art? I think the photograph may be about the way a group can appear uniform, even though they are not. It is something about rhythm, almost like a musical score, where each figure is slightly different, creating the whole song. Photographs like this are often about the way we perceive reality. We might think we're seeing things objectively, but our emotions and experiences always affect how we interpret the world. Maybe we're not so different from these soldiers standing in a row. We think we're all individuals, but we're also part of something bigger than ourselves.