Mensen bij de stadswallen van Concarneau 1901

This photograph, "Mensen bij de stadswallen van Concarneau", of people at the city walls of Concarneau, was taken by Delizy, and now lives at the Rijksmuseum. It's such a simple capture, yet it feels like so much is going on. I wonder what Delizy was thinking, and what was he trying to capture? What were the main subjects and what was the background? So, it's a landscape, or it is about people? The way the light hits the walls makes it feel almost like a stage set. Maybe Delizy was interested in painting too, who knows? Maybe this photograph was his version of making a painting. I bet he, like me, was caught by the way light and shadow can transform everyday scenes into something magical and evocative. It's like he’s saying: look, even the most ordinary moment has its own story to tell. And isn't that what we’re all trying to do, in the end?