Lezende vrouw aan tafel op een veranda 1907 - 1935

Adolphe Burdet made this tiny glass slide, Lezende vrouw aan tafel op een veranda, sometime in his life, using photography. I can imagine Burdet setting up his camera on the veranda. All those flowers! He must have loved arranging things in such a beautiful way. I wonder if the woman at the table is someone he knew well or if she was simply passing through the area? Her face is hidden, she's hunched over her reading. You know, the way the light catches the edges of the table and the chair—it reminds me of how Vuillard used to capture the quiet intimacy of domestic scenes. Burdet may have been exploring similar themes, thinking about how space and light shape our everyday experiences. There's something really honest about capturing these private moments. Photography does it in its own way, recording but also creating an illusion...