Gezicht op Ithaka en Kefalonia before 1910

This photograph, *Gezicht op Ithaka en Kefalonia*, was taken by Frédéric Boissonnas. Look how it has come into being, emerging through trial, error, and intuition. I sympathise with the artist. Imagine what it might have been like to create. What they might have been thinking when they made it? What are the material aspects of the photograph, such as texture, color, surface, and the physicality of the medium? The shades of grey shape our experience of the photograph and contribute to the emotional and intellectual resonances of the work. Artists are in an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. Photography is a form of embodied expression which embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations and meaning over fixed or definitive readings.