Kriegsmarine in Scheveningen Possibly 1942 - 1948

This photograph titled Kriegsmarine in Scheveningen was taken in 1944 by an anonymous photographer, and it’s now in the Rijksmuseum. I love the collage-like nature of these photographs. They are like little windows into another time. When I look at this work I imagine what it was like for the photographer in the moment, their thoughts as they pressed the shutter button. Did they feel like they were documenting an important moment in history? Were they aware of the historical significance of what they were capturing? I am drawn to the way the individual pictures are organised on the page. It reminds me of Gerhard Richter's Atlas project. There is something so compelling about how images can be grouped together in a non-hierarchical, almost accidental way. This sort of reminds me that making art is an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity.