Het meer van Lugano tijdens een vakantie van de familie Wachenheimer, zonder personen afgebeeld, 1935, Lugano 1935

This photo album page, titled "Het meer van Lugano tijdens een vakantie van de familie Wachenheimer, zonder personen afgebeeld, 1935, Lugano", was created in 1935 by the Wachenheimer family. Here, photography seems almost a process of collecting, rather than artmaking in the traditional sense. The album page is a muted field of pale yellow card on which four small black and white photographs are arranged in a grid. It’s a kind of mapping of a place and time. There’s a beautiful simplicity to the way these images are presented, almost like a child’s collection. Look closely at the handwriting at the top. A simple title written in black ink is a personal touch, suggesting the hand of a family member carefully documenting their travels. The photographs themselves are small windows onto the lake, each offering a different perspective. It reminds me a little of the work of Gerhard Richter, who used photographs as source material, not for what they depict, but for the emotional content of the image itself. It's the kind of work that invites us to reflect on how we construct our own memories and experiences through images.