Eugen Wachenheimer met twee onbekende vrouwen bij een stenen muur voor een bos in Baden-Baden, augustus 1932 1932 - 1938

This photo was taken in August 1932 in Baden-Baden. It's a small silver gelatin print, likely a casual snapshot, and I can almost feel the cool air of that German summer through the monochrome tones. What strikes me is the contrast between the textures. The rough, almost haphazard, construction of the stone wall is so different from the smooth fabric of the sitters' clothing. Look how that visual dialogue works – the wall is sturdy and timeless, but the clothes are so clearly ‘of the time’. There's a tension there, a subtle vibration between the rigid and the ephemeral. And that forest behind them? It's like a dark, brooding presence, a mass of vertical lines looming over the small gathering. It reminds me of the work of Gerhard Richter somehow, the way he blurs and obscures to suggest something just out of reach. Art is always a conversation, even across time and mediums. It’s all there, just waiting to be unearthed.