Bibliotheekzaal met geornamenteerd plafond in Schule Schloss Salem c. 1929

This is an interesting silver gelatin print of the Bibliotheekzaal with geornamenteerd plafond in Schule Schloss Salem, made by an anonymous photographer, at an unknown date. Just imagine, back then, working in a darkroom, coaxing these tones from the paper. I wonder if the photographer felt like a painter too, manipulating light and shadow like pigment? The monochrome gives the whole scene this timeless quality, like stepping into another era. And what might the photographer have been thinking? Capturing not just the space, but also the hushed atmosphere of this place of learning. It makes you think about all the anonymous hands that shape our world. I wonder if in the future people will look at the work of painters like me and wonder who it was, what they were thinking. I like to imagine that the artists of the future will look to the artists of the past. It is a conversation with people who are no longer around.