Karl With met een kind op zijn arm in een tuin, vergezeld door een onbekende vrouw 1920 - 1935

This small photograph captures Karl with a child on his arm in a garden, accompanied by an unknown woman. Imagine the photographer, an anonymous figure, framing this moment. The soft grey tones create a sense of intimacy, like a half-remembered dream. The contrast almost makes the bodies glow against the garden setting, full of tall grasses. It’s like the photographer wanted to capture a tender family moment in that everyday place. What was that like for them, I wonder, setting up the shot and capturing something so fragile? Thinking about the work of someone like, say, Gerhard Richter, I feel like this snapshot is working with a similar interest in the blurriness of memory, the way the past is not so clear. Here, the softness speaks to the gentle yet fleeting nature of family connections. It tells a story through light and shadow, inviting us to find our own meaning within its frame.