Spoor langs suikerriet c. 1900s - 1910s

This photograph, "Spoor langs suikerriet," found its form through an anonymous hand, and captures a track through sugar cane fields with a camera. The sepia tones create a sense of depth and distance, like watching a memory fade. The texture here is so important. The grainy quality of the photograph makes me think about the physical labor involved in sugar cane production. The artist is less concerned with capturing a perfect image and instead is leaving a trace of something real and ineffable. The line of the track, with its simple geometry, makes me think of the way Sol LeWitt used lines to create something larger than the sum of its parts. There's a kind of brutal beauty to this composition, like a road winding towards infinity. It reminds us that art isn't just about pretty pictures; it's about bearing witness.