Foto c. 1895 - 1925

This is an old photograph, its surface is aged and the light has turned silver. I see a portrait of an older woman. I am not sure who she is, but she exudes the calm knowingness of a life fully lived. The photographer, W.G. Hondius van den Broek, must have worked in a dark room to produce this photo. I think about the moments of creation that went into this piece. The light sensitive paper submerged in the chemicals. An image emerges, shifting through a process of trial and error. The woman's image is fixed by the surface of the paper. There’s something lovely about photography and painting when you consider the artist's hand, the eye, and the ways an image emerges from thought. It’s a way of seeing, thinking, and experiencing the world, one image at a time. Artists are in an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time. The ambiguity of this photo allows for multiple interpretations and meaning.