Isabel Wachenheimer in huiselijke taferelen met haar moeder Else Wachenheimer-Moos en een onbekende vrouw, april 1931, München 1931 - 1934

These black and white photographs, taken by the Wachenheimer family in Munich in April 1931, seem to capture the intimate everyday moments of a family. You know, looking at these pictures, I imagine the photographer carefully choosing the light, the angle, trying to freeze a bit of time. I wonder what it was like to be there, behind the camera, wanting to hold on to these fleeting scenes of motherhood and childhood, these small, domestic, and often mundane moments. What was the quality of light? What did the room smell like? The slight blur in some of the images makes me think of painting, where you’re trying to capture movement and feeling. I love how these gestures in the photographs seem to communicate a sense of closeness, a shared understanding. Artists are always in conversation, borrowing and building on each other's ideas. Photography, like painting, freezes time and is a means of expression which embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations.