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

Here's a snapshot, taken in Hamburg in February 1937, showing Isabel Wachenheimer with her uncle Willy Moos, caught by an anonymous photographer. The photo has a quiet feel to it. I imagine the photographer carefully framing the shot, stepping back to capture the pair standing on the sidewalk. The overcast day softens the edges, blending the buildings into the bare winter trees. You can almost hear the rumble of the cars and the distant chatter of the city. Isabel and Willy are holding hands—their figures are solid, stable. It makes you wonder what they were thinking at that moment, what they might have been talking about. Did they know what the future would hold? There's a stillness, a sense of intimacy in their pose. Maybe they were trying to freeze time, preserving a memory against an uncertain future. Artists, photographers—we’re all in conversation across time. Each piece we create is a response to what came before, and an invitation to those who come after. We can't know for sure what this photograph means, but the image invites us to ask questions and to imagine stories.