Gezicht op een hut nabij Müritz before 1903

This photogravure by Franz Goerke captures a view of a hut near Müritz. It was printed using a laborious, highly skilled intaglio process, involving acid etching and hand wiping. I can imagine the photographer, Goerke, hunched under a dark cloth squinting through the lens of his camera, as he tries to reconcile the atmospheric haze with the sharp edges of the hut. What was he hoping to see? It’s a quiet, watchful scene, as if both the artist and the viewer are waiting for something to happen. In a way, taking a photograph and making a print, much like painting, are both about building up layers, wiping them away, and letting the image emerge through trial, error, and intuition. To me, it's not just a picture of a hut; it’s a philosophical inquiry into how we see, think, and experience the world.