Staande en zittende figuur (nauwelijks waarneembaar), onder wie een meisje gekleed in een blauwe jurk 1907 - 1930

This haunting image, made by Adolphe Burdet, captures figures barely visible beneath a veil of time. The dominant palette is muted, a ghostly brown, as if memory itself is fading before our eyes. The surface is scratched with bright white marks, like scars or sudden flashes of light. I wonder what it was like for Burdet, the artist, to bring these figures into being, only to allow them to recede into obscurity. Was it a deliberate act of concealment, or simply the inevitable effect of age and decay on the photograph's surface? I imagine Burdet exploring the tensions between presence and absence, visibility and invisibility. The texture created by these scratches is also interesting, like a drawing on top of a drawing – an exchange of ideas across time, inspiring creativity, and allowing for multiple interpretations.