Foto c. 1895 - 1925

This photo by W.G. Hondius van den Broek is like a ghostly trace, a moment caught in time. It is a reminder that artmaking is a process of revelation as much as creation, a delicate dance between intention and accident. The photographic process gives the image a translucent quality, as if the figure is emerging from a fog, or fading into one. Note how the light bleeds around the edges of her figure. It's like she's barely there, a memory refusing to fully materialize. The details of her lace collar is where the image seems to concentrate itself. It reminds me of some of those early daguerrotypes, the way they captured a presence with such eerie precision. It’s a conversation across time, a reminder that art is always speaking to itself, echoing and transforming. But who knows, maybe it’s just a trick of the light. And that’s the beauty of art, isn’t it?