Isabel Wachenheimer voor het huis van haar oom Willy Moos, Bellevue 62 in Hamburg, in 1935 1935

This photographic print shows Isabel Wachenheimer in front of her uncle's house in Hamburg in 1935. You know, an image like this makes you think about what it's like to be a photographer, right? I imagine the photographer here, looking through the lens, trying to capture not just the image but the feeling, the essence of this girl, Isabel. Think of the light, the shadows, the way the film captures the texture of everything. What was it like to develop the image and watch it emerge in the darkroom? There’s a patience and a skill to capturing a moment like this. The tones are muted. I see Isabel, a child, holding a ball. What was she like? What was it like to be a child, in 1935, in Germany? I wonder if this photograph was taken with love.