Portretten van Isabel Wachenheimer en haar ouders Eugen Wachenheimer, in Duits marine-uniform, en Else Wachenheimer-Moos 1914 - 1937

This album page, made by the Wachenheimer family, holds three photographic portraits of Isabel Wachenheimer and her parents. The sepia tones and formal poses give a sense of the time, maybe the 1930s or 40s, a period of great change and upheaval. Each portrait captures something of the individual's character. The mother in profile, the daughter looking straight ahead and the father in his navy uniform. I wonder what it was like for the family to carefully arrange these images, each one precisely positioned on the page. Like a painting, the composition draws your eye, inviting you to consider the relationships between the subjects. The way we arrange photographs in an album, like brushstrokes on a canvas, tells a story of love, memory, and connection. It reminds me that art is a form of expression that helps us navigate and make sense of our lives.