Warung met uitgestald eten op tafel in het binnenland van Java. 1900 - 1935

This is a stereoscopic photograph, which means it comes as a pair, side-by-side, and when viewed through a special viewer, the image comes alive in three dimensions. Neville Keasberry took this image of a Warung, a food stall, with food displayed on a table in Java. I wonder what it was like to set up this shot. It's as if he has stumbled across this scene by chance. The people in the photograph seem self-assured, like they know they are on display. How does the act of photographing someone change them, I wonder? I love how the light falls across the scene, creating a pattern of light and shadow that leads the eye. Each person has a slightly different pose, a unique expression, and their placement within the frame seems carefully considered. Photographs are in conversation with each other through time, so I wonder how this particular shot has inspired others. Maybe it's not about knowing exactly what the artist was thinking, but about embracing that ambiguity, opening up new ways of seeing and feeling.