Person Dressed Up as a Fox 1907 - 1916

This photograph captures a person dressed as a fox in elaborate attire, created by Johannes Hendrikus Antonius Maria Lutz. The fox, a recurring figure in the human imagination, appears here not as a mere animal but as a persona, laden with cultural baggage. In folklore, the fox often embodies cunning and trickery, a shapeshifter that navigates the world with cleverness, and appears in the form of Reynard the Fox in medieval European tales. We see echoes of this symbolism in ancient myths across cultures, where animalistic figures represent untamed aspects of the human psyche. Here, the fox's disguise engages our primal fears and desires, tapping into the collective unconscious. There is something unsettling yet alluring about this figure, reminding us that the boundaries between human and animal, reality and illusion, are never quite fixed. This photograph shows how deeply rooted archetypes never truly disappear; they resurface and evolve.