Bacovenboot 1903 - 1910

This silver gelatin print, ‘Bacovenboot’, was made by Hendrik Doijer. It’s got this dreamy, almost ghostly quality, doesn’t it? I love how Doijer really leaned into the gray scale. It's like he’s saying, "Let's see what we can do with just this range." Look at the water, how the light kinda shimmers on the surface, it makes it feel so alive. And then there's the boat, solid, but also kind of fading into the atmosphere. I think about how photography, like painting, is about capturing a moment, but also about the process of seeing, of transforming reality into something else. This reminds me of some of Gerhard Richter's blurred photos- paintings, where the image is there, but also kind of disappearing, reminding us that nothing stays still. It's a beautiful reminder that art isn't about perfect representation, but about the conversation between the artist, the subject, and us.