Vermoedelijk de woning van Meir Wachenheimer en Mathilde Wachenheimer-Wertheimer (Herdweg 22), vermoedelijk 1928, Stuttgart 1928

This small photograph, likely taken around 1928 in Stuttgart, captures what's believed to be the home of Meir Wachenheimer and Mathilde Wachenheimer-Wertheimer. I imagine the photographer carefully framing this shot, considering light and composition. There’s a sense of both intimacy and distance in this work. You can see the creeping ivy and architectural detail. The house appears both solid and slightly overgrown, a kind of dream made real. It must have been a very different world then. Photography was less ubiquitous; each shot must have been considered a precious thing to keep. There’s such an urge to reach across time, to imagine the lives lived within the walls of that house. You see the way that light and shadow play across the facade. I wonder what the photographer was thinking and feeling as they captured this image. It’s a reminder that all art, whether painting or photography, is a conversation with the past, present, and future.