Waterval met staande jongen 1903

Gustav Salzer made this photograph, "Waterval met staande jongen," sometime between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It looks like it was made with love, by a camera. I see a cascade surrounded by trees, the water flowing around stones. And right there in the middle of the stream is a boy, captured mid-pose, or maybe just taking it all in. You know, I can really get into this! What was it like to make this image? The boy so patiently standing for Salzer, waiting to be immortalized in the final print. The tones are amazing, not quite sepia, but something in between. The light! It’s coming in from the top, highlighting the water and the boy in the middle of it all. Like the camera is saying, "Here, look at this." It makes me think about how we look at each other, and how one person's eye, or lens, can change everything. Salzer, I salute you!