Een scène uit het toneelstuk 'Wat Jonas overkwam' Possibly 1936

This photograph titled 'Een scène uit het toneelstuk 'Wat Jonas overkwam' was captured by Fotobureau Stevens. The image feels like a theater stage set, doesn't it? With a stark focus on two figures, they are engaged in a silent drama. The man on the right, clutching a bouquet of flowers, looks like he is in turmoil. It’s almost as if those flowers are a shield, or a weapon in disguise. What is Jonas going through? I wonder if the photographer felt the same pull between the visible and the unspoken, like painters often do when they play with the surface and depth of a canvas. Look at the way the light falls unevenly, heightening the emotional tension! Each photograph is an exchange, isn't it? Just like the conversations painters have, across time and space, influencing each other, and sparking new ways of seeing. Whether through photography or a scene, we interpret.