Groepsportret van Wilhelmina Gerarda Hoogendijk met haar drie kinderen en grootmoeder in de tuin c. 1900 - 1910

Willem Carel van der Kop made this photograph of Wilhelmina Gerarda Hoogendijk with her three children and grandmother, but the date is lost to us. In this image, the warmth of sepia tones washes over the subjects, softening the edges of their forms. The light catches the folds of their clothes, creating a dance of shadows that feels so delicate. I find myself drawn to the subtle textures that emerge—the way the light delicately traces the lines of the grandmother's face. I love how the soft focus kind of flattens the space, almost like a dream. It reminds me a bit of the work of Julia Margaret Cameron, who used a similar haziness to create these deeply personal, almost painterly portraits. It's like they're both reaching for something beyond the surface, capturing a feeling more than a likeness. It’s a reminder that art, in any form, is always a conversation across time, a way of seeing and feeling that shifts and changes with each new voice.