Gezicht in het park van Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn 1900 - 1930

Richard Tepe took this photograph of the park at Paleis Het Loo, and it feels like a sepia dream. Just imagine Tepe, setting up his camera, composing the scene... I can almost feel the weight of the equipment, the patience required. The eye is immediately drawn to the contrast between the dark moody sky and the light of the Palladian architecture and verdant park. It’s like Tepe is saying: look at this moment, look at the way light and shadow play together, the clouds gather. The tones feel almost painterly. There’s a softness, an ambiguity, a gentle invitation into a world just beyond our reach. It reminds me of Constable’s cloud studies, or Corot’s landscapes—artists who were also trying to capture the fleeting beauty of a specific moment. It’s this kind of looking, this kind of attention, that makes art so rewarding. These artists are all in conversation, all trying to make sense of the world around them.