Kantine in het 'Stijgerend Paard' 1948 - 1949

This photo album contains black and white photographs, and the title translates from Dutch as "Canteen in the 'Rising Horse'." I'm thinking about the canteen, a place of sustenance and social life in a specific time and place, like a painter's studio. I wonder about the artist. Why they selected this shot, the composition. There is a building with a flag - I'm guessing it's the canteen itself. The light is so even, and the composition is careful, almost formal, but it also feels casual, like a snapshot. Did this photograph make other photographs? The act of taking a photo itself can be seen as a gesture, a mark-making. Photography and painting have been in dialogue for a long time, inspiring new ways of seeing and representing reality, each medium pushing the boundaries of the other. It's all about the choices we make and the marks we leave behind, isn't it?