Versailles, Le Parc 1906

This photograph captures a corner of the palace gardens at Versailles, somewhere in the late 1800s or early 1900s, by Eugène Atget. It's all in shades of grey and sepia – probably made with some kind of early process. I can imagine Atget setting up his camera, maybe on a cloudy day, to snap this fountain with these little cherubs, looking like they’re about to burst into song. They stand still while the world flows around them! Atget spent his life documenting architecture and street scenes, but here, he's got this intimate, almost tender shot of a fountain. It makes you think about all the other artists who were painting in Paris at that time. You know, everyone’s always inspiring each other, maybe without even knowing it. Artists are forever building on each other's work, and the image becomes a reminder of how interconnected we all are, across time and space.