Isabel Wachenheimer met haar oom Willy Moos in Hamburg, februari 1937 1937

This photograph, taken in Hamburg in February 1937 by an anonymous photographer, captures Isabel Wachenheimer with her uncle, Willy Moos. The sepia tones give it a soft, muted quality, like a memory fading at the edges, and speaks of the photographic process of the time. I'm drawn to the texture of the paper, the way it’s aged and worn, as if it’s absorbed the stories of everyone who’s ever held it. It shows a little girl holding her uncle's hand in a very loving way. The surface is matte, almost chalky, and it invites you to touch it, to connect with the past in a tactile way. The composition is simple, almost documentary in style, yet there’s a sense of intimacy that transcends the formal arrangement. The way the figures are cropped, slightly off-center, creates a feeling of immediacy, as if we've stumbled upon a private moment. It makes me think of the work of Gerhard Richter, who also used photography as a way to explore memory, history, and the passage of time. Art is all about embracing ambiguity, right?