Familie c. 1935 - 1936

This collection of photographs, titled "Familie," invites us into a world captured by an anonymous hand. These aren't casual snapshots; they're carefully arranged within the album, each a small window into a life. The monochromatic tones give a sense of distance, but also a feeling of timelessness, as if the pictures could have been taken yesterday. The physicality of the prints, their small size and careful placement, speaks to the importance of these images as treasured memories. I'm drawn to the group portrait of the girls in white dresses. The way they are posed, shoulder to shoulder, hints at both uniformity and individuality. What were they thinking, standing there for the camera? Maybe this question is the beauty of the piece, that the ambiguity of these images asks us to bring ourselves to their story. Looking at the whole, I'm reminded of the work of Christian Boltanski, another artist who explores memory and identity through found photographs. Art, after all, is just an ongoing conversation, isn't it?