Gezicht op een hoeve in Noord-Brabant before 1915

This small, anonymous snapshot of a farmhouse in Noord-Brabant feels like a memory, like something caught out of the corner of your eye. I imagine the photographer standing in the quiet Dutch countryside, carefully framing the scene. What might they have been thinking as they looked through the lens? How does one capture the stillness and quiet of the landscape? I wonder if the woman by the door noticed she was being photographed. The composition of the photo is so lovely. The farmhouse, with its thatched roof and dark shutters, sits snugly amid the trees. Every detail—the texture of the brick, the way the light falls on the landscape—contributes to a sense of nostalgia. Looking at this, I remember the countless painters who have also tried to capture something of the Dutch landscape in their paintings, from Van Gogh to Mondrian. Ultimately, it’s about artists being in conversation with each other across time, finding new ways to see and interpret the world around them.