Vier portretten van mannen en van Malie Huizenga 1911 - 1917

This is a page from a photo album by Carolina Onnen, and it seems like a deeply personal collection. I can feel Onnen carefully composing each shot, not just pointing and clicking, but really thinking about what she wants to capture. She's playing with light and shadow, framing her subjects in ways that feel intimate and revealing. Look how the light washes over the images, giving them this ghostly, dreamlike quality. What was she thinking, what was she feeling, as she snapped each photo and carefully glued them into the album? It reminds me that being an artist is an ongoing conversation, building upon what’s come before. Artists inspire each other across time, through paintings, and through personal connections. We embrace not knowing for sure what the meaning is; instead, we allow space for multiple readings.