Houten schuur 1914 - 1919

This photograph, Houten Schuur, captures a wooden shed with two figures in front of it. There is a process of revelation happening in the layers and shadows of the shed's facade. The way the light falls creates these interesting areas of dark and light and as a result, our eyes are drawn to the textures of the wood itself. You can almost feel the roughness, the grain, and the weathering. Looking at the two figures, they are dwarfed by the structure, emphasizing a sense of scale and highlighting the simple geometric forms of the shed. The grainy texture of the photograph adds a layer of abstraction, reminding us that we're not just looking at a physical structure but also a representation, a kind of memory captured on film. I think about Bernd and Hilla Becher, with their typologies of industrial structures, and the way they turned the mundane into something monumental through repetition and careful observation. It's a reminder that art is not always about grand gestures, but about seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary.