Fotoreproducties van twee foto's door William Henry Fox Talbot before 1908

These are reproductions of two photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot printed inside a book. It's amazing to see the grainy quality of these early photographic experiments, the way the light and shadow play across the surface of the image. In the top photograph, a figure stands precariously on a ladder against a building. There’s a real sense of immediacy, like a snapshot of a moment in time. The rough quality of the print gives it a tactile quality, as though you could reach out and feel the texture of the paper. The bottom photograph shows a crowd of people, their faces blurred and indistinct. It reminds me of those blurry, dreamlike portraits by Gerhard Richter, another artist who embraced the imperfections and accidents of the photographic process. Both artists remind us that art isn't just about capturing reality, it's about exploring the boundaries of representation, the limits of what we can see and know.