Twee vrouwen in een park in Frankrijk 1912

This is a photograph by the Séeberger brothers, it captures two women in a park somewhere in France. The photo's charm is in its details. The frills of the skirts, the shape of the hats... I’m struck by the way the clothes are draped and layered, creating patterns. I feel a certain kinship with the artist. I wonder, when they clicked the shutter, did they anticipate how the photograph would stand the test of time? Like painters who layer colors, photographers layer light and shadow. It’s a constant push and pull—adding, subtracting, refining. These women with their parasols aren’t static. They carry with them the energy of a time, a place, a feeling... a moment of grace, captured for eternity. Each artist is in dialogue with what came before, echoing, and riffing off each other’s ideas across time. Painting and photography, in their own ways, allow us to hold onto and appreciate the beauty and complexity of our experiences.