Optocht NSB 1936 - 1937

This photograph, Optocht NSB, captures a parade, a march, an outdoor demonstration, with buildings in the background. You can see the moment captured by the anonymous artist in the composition: the careful arrangement of objects and figures, the balance between light and dark, and the rhythm of repeated shapes and lines. I'm always curious what goes through an artist's mind when they are making something. What was it like to make this? Maybe the photographer was thinking of Manet, you know? Or maybe they were just responding to the immediate circumstances, the light, the moment, and the movement in front of them. I think it is an interesting picture and it makes you think about the conversation between past and present.