Mensen bekijken vanachter boekenstalletjes op de kade de hoge waterstand van de Seine in Parijs 1910 - 1911

G. Dangereux created this little photograph, "Mensen bekijken vanachter boekenstalletjes op de kade de hoge waterstand van de Seine in Parijs" (People watching the high water level of the Seine in Paris from behind book stalls on the quay), capturing a moment in time, or rather, a mood. It’s all in grayscale, like a memory fading at the edges, and the soft focus makes it feel less like a snapshot and more like a dream. The Seine is the star here, swollen and turbulent, reflecting the sky like a liquid mirror. See how the water blurs the edges of everything it touches, softening the hard lines of the quai and the book stalls? And then there are the bare trees. Those wiry branches against the sky almost look like veins, mapping out the city’s skeleton beneath the skin of the image. It kind of reminds me of Atget, but more immediate, less formal. You get the sense that Dangereux wasn't trying to make a statement, just trying to capture a feeling. Which is what art is all about, right?