Bioscoop Goenoengsari. (Aug. 1926.) 1926 - 1928

This is a photograph titled 'Bioscoop Goenoengsari', probably taken in August 1926. An anonymous photographer made it, perhaps with a simple camera and a steady hand. I find myself wondering about the person carrying something on their head as they walk. What's in the basket? Where are they going? And how about the building itself? The movie theatre. I am also thinking, who built it, and what kind of movies did they show there? The tonality of the image is interesting—soft and diffused, yet still clear. In some ways, this approach reminds me of the work of artists like Gerhard Richter, who have explored the medium of photography as a way to blur the lines between representation and abstraction. Photography is just another way of seeing, a way of thinking. Perhaps the photographer was interested in that too.