Abandoned Ante-Bellum Plantation House, Vicksburg, Mississippi 1936

This evocative photograph was taken by Walker Evans, sometime in the mid-twentieth century. I am immediately struck by the greyscale palette. It's interesting how the absence of colour brings out the textures, shapes, and forms of the building. I imagine Evans, finding this forgotten house, with its worn columns, thinking about time, and the way history seeps into the very walls of these old buildings. I can see him framing the shot just so, trying to capture not only the physical structure, but also the weight of the past. Think about those pillars, once symbols of grandeur and power, now weathered and worn. The whole image is a kind of dance between light and shadow, revealing a history of decline but also, somehow, resilience. It reminds me how we're all just passing through, leaving our mark on the world, bit by bit. Like painters, we leave traces.