Brede laan met wandelaars 1902

Frits Freerks Fontein Fz. captured this photo of a wide lane with walkers probably in 1902. I imagine that it's an old, sepia photograph, a scene from a different time but also eerily familiar. It’s so easy to imagine being there with the artist. What was he thinking when he took this photograph? Was he thinking about the composition, the people, or the trees? Did he wait for the right moment to get the perfect shot? I find myself wondering about the texture of the photograph itself, its age and how that affects our viewing of it. The artist has somehow captured a moment in time, the light, the atmosphere, it’s all very carefully balanced. Artists are in an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity, an embodied expression that embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations and meaning over fixed or definitive readings.