Echtpaar Berti Hoppe en Herman Besselaar bij het Gellért Monument en een gezicht op het landbouwmuseum te Boedapest 1930 - 1931

This is a page from Berti Hoppe's photo album, featuring a couple at the Gellért Monument and a view of the Agricultural Museum in Budapest. You know, looking at these images makes me think about the way photographs capture a moment, freezing it in time. I imagine Hoppe carefully composing each shot, thinking about light and shadow, perspective and form. You can tell the images haven't been manipulated, but were instead set up with care and skill. Maybe she was drawn to the way the light hit the couple's faces as they stood by the monument, or the way the museum's architecture mirrored the ripples in the water. It’s like she was not only documenting a scene but also trying to communicate a feeling, a mood, an atmosphere, as a painter might do with brushstrokes and color. Hoppe makes me think about the shared language between photography and painting.