Dimensions: height 71 mm, width 78 mm
Copyright: Rijks Museum: Open Domain
This silvery gelatin printing out paper, by Delizy, captures a street in Quimper, France with the Saint-Corentin cathedral in the background. The print has a dreamy, almost ethereal quality. It's sepia-toned, which gives it that vintage feel, like a memory fading into the past. I'm drawn to the way the light filters through the buildings, creating a soft, diffused effect, almost like looking through a veil. Look at the texture of the buildings and the cobblestone street; you can almost feel the age and history embedded in those surfaces. The sepia tones add to that sense of nostalgia, making the scene feel both familiar and distant. There is something so delicate about this image. It reminds me a little bit of Atget, doesn't it? Both are conjuring something, a memory, a place, a feeling. It's like a whisper from another time.
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