Drolperen bij Shewasaulu, Zuid-Afrika 1968

These photographs were taken in 1968 by Willem Jacob van den Berg in Shewasaulu, South Africa. They're like little windows into a specific time and place. I wonder what it was like for van den Berg, framing these shots. You can almost feel the dry heat and see the tall grasses swaying. The light is so clear, but muted somehow. In the way the light washes over the trees, do they appear to be breathing? Photographs like these are like a conversation across time. As an artist I feel a kinship with Willem Jacob, looking at his way of seeing. The way he captured the light and landscape reminds me a bit of the early Impressionists, who were also trying to capture fleeting moments of light and atmosphere. Artists are always in conversation with each other, across time and space.