Gezicht op de Patio del Ciprés de la Sultana in het Alhambra te Granada, Spanje 1906

This is an old photograph of the Patio del Ciprés de la Sultana, which is in the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, by C Maufsaise. I'm immediately drawn to the way the light filters through the trees. What was Maufsaise thinking as they stood there, framing this shot? Did they feel the weight of history, the echoes of past lives lived in this very place? You can see the texture in the stone walls, the delicate patterns of the leaves. It's all so tactile, even though it's just a photograph. There's a stillness, a sense of quiet contemplation. It reminds me a little of some of those old daguerreotypes, where time seems to stand still. Maufsaise, like other artists, was in a conversation with their contemporaries, pushing the boundaries of what photography could be. Photography, like painting, allows us to see the world in new and unexpected ways.