Portret van Truitje van Wijk als baby met haar vader Possibly 1910 - 1924

This photograph, by Albert Greiner, captures Truitje van Wijk as a baby with her father, in what looks like Amsterdam. It’s small, just a few inches tall, making it feel very intimate. The sepia tones give it a timeless quality, like a memory fading at the edges. What I find interesting is the stillness, the way everything is posed and precise. Look at the father’s dark suit, so formal, and the baby’s white dress, like a cloud. The contrast is stark, almost like a drawing. The textures are subtle but there, from the soft blur of the baby's cheek to the sharp lines of the father's mustache, each element playing its part. It’s a little world, captured in a frame, a moment suspended. It makes me think of other portrait photographers like Julia Margaret Cameron, who were also exploring the possibilities of this new medium. They were all trying to capture something more than just a likeness; they were trying to capture a feeling, a mood, a sense of being. And like all good art, it leaves you with more questions than answers.