Gezelschap met kinderen bij een boerderij in Châtel-Guyon 1903 - 1907

Delizy made this tiny photograph called ‘Gezelschap met kinderen bij een boerderij in Châtel-Guyon’, but the date's a mystery! It’s like finding a little window into another world, captured in sepia tones. What strikes me is the way the light falls, turning the ordinary into something almost dreamlike. The texture of the paper and the way the image is slightly faded adds to this feeling, it reminds us that art is also a process of aging, wearing, and revealing. Look at the ladder leaning against the barn; it’s so casual, so unassuming, yet it anchors the whole composition. It suggests stories about work, about reaching higher, about the everyday rhythms of life, and how we repeat them. It’s the kind of detail that stays with you, quietly resonating long after you’ve moved on. Like a memory, it’s there, but not quite graspable. Delizy’s approach reminds me a little of Atget, that master of the mundane. They both had a knack for finding beauty in the simplest of things.