Marba en Eckart Titzenthaler, kinderen van de fotograaf, op het strand van een meer 1918 - 1919

Waldemar Titzenthaler captured this quiet family moment on photographic film. There’s a sweetness and a sadness to this old picture, right? You feel the artist’s vulnerability. The soft, blurred background gives you the sense of a hot summer day, as though the image is emerging slowly, like a memory. I imagine Titzenthaler fiddling with the camera, maybe using a soft focus lens to make the scene feel more intimate. The way the light falls on the faces of the children makes me think of other artists like Julia Margaret Cameron, also working at this time. The children are posed formally, holding hands, in what looks like a staging of everyday life. This shot is not simply about recording a moment; it's also about making a statement, and that’s what makes it so compelling. What was he hoping to capture, and what did he want to convey about these little people?