Elf maanden oude baby Tiny Kleiterp zittend op een grasveld in Madjene op Celebes 1922

This photograph shows an eleven-month-old baby named Tiny Kleiterp sitting on a grass field in Madjene on Celebes, and was taken by Klaas Kleiterp. The sepia tone gives it this soft, almost dreamy quality. It's like the whole scene is wrapped in a memory. What strikes me is the way the light falls across the grass and the baby's dress. See how it creates these subtle shifts in tone, like a gentle dance of shadow and light? The texture of the grass is almost palpable, you can imagine how that might feel, maybe a bit prickly for a baby. And then there's Tiny, so small and self-contained, almost like a little sculpture. The contrast in tone between the foreground and background give the composition a really intimate feel. It makes me think of the work of artists like Sally Mann, who also captured these intimate moments of childhood. Both of them share this ability to find the beauty and poetry in the everyday, reminding us that art is often about seeing the world with fresh eyes.