Gret Palucca 1925

This gelatin silver print shows Gret Palucca caught mid-motion by Charlotte Rudolph. I can only imagine the multiple shots, and the hours spent in the darkroom to produce this image. The sepia tone reminds me of old photos I used to see in my grandparents’ house, but here it's the pose that stands out. It feels modern, abstract even. Palucca's body is all angles, and the severe diagonal of her leg is incredible. Rudolph was likely thinking about form, energy, and the ways bodies occupy space when she made this photograph. It reminds me a bit of how Eadweard Muybridge captured movement, but here, it's not about science. Instead, it's about expression. Artists are always in conversation, building on what came before, trying new things. This photo still speaks to us today because it captures something essential about being human—the urge to move, to express, and to push the boundaries of what's possible.