Berglandschappen 1941 - 1945

This page from an album, probably from the early 20th century, holds four black and white photographs titled ‘Berglandschappen’ or ‘Mountain Landscapes’. The album page is a field of gray, and the photographs are casually placed, not quite aligned, like snapshots tossed on a table. Look closely at the edges of the photographs; you can see a slight blurring, like a soft focus. It gives them a hazy, dreamlike quality. One photo, near the top, shows a cow calmly grazing against the backdrop of a rolling hill. What I like about it is that even though it is a landscape, the cow is placed front and center. This reminds me of how Morandi would paint the same bottles over and over again. These images become like old friends that you’re constantly reimagining. It tells a story about seeing and repetition. It feels like a personal collection, a quiet observation of the world.