Ruïnes van de Zeustempel in Nemea before 1910

Frédéric Boissonnas made this photograph of the Ruïnes van de Zeustempel in Nemea, and in its grayscale, the process is the point. The muted tones, heavy with shadow, carve out a sense of the monumental from what's left. Look at the way the light grazes the rough surfaces of the columns, revealing every pit and divot. It’s a visual record of time doing its thing. The texture isn't just seen; it's felt. There’s a tension here, between what was and what remains. What stands and what has fallen. These ruins remind me of the paintings of Nicolas Poussin. Both artists invite us to meditate on the echoes of history, and maybe to think about the ongoing exchange between artists across time, each responding to the past in their own way. Like art itself, these ruins are always open to interpretation, shifting with the light.