Isabel Wachenheimer tijdens een etentje met onbekende collega's van Isabel tijdens haar periode bij KLM, 1955, Israël Possibly 1955

This is a photograph from 1955 in Israel, an anonymous shot titled 'Isabel Wachenheimer tijdens een etentje met onbekende collega's van Isabel tijdens haar periode bij KLM’. It’s pasted into an album. There are 3 small photographs of a busy dinner, the kind of social event where everyone is dressed in their best. The black and white tones give the impression of looking back in time. It reminds us that, although the moment is in the past, it was once the present and these people were really there, in that room, with their own concerns and hopes. I think about how the image is framed by the neutral grey album page, and the way it asks us to consider how we hold onto memories, how the past is collated and made present again. It’s an interesting approach to photography, recalling artists like Gerhard Richter, whose work often presents the photographic image as a kind of readymade. This piece embraces the ephemeral qualities of photography, opening up a space for reflection and a wider conversation about memory.