Eckart en Marba Titzenthaler, kinderen van de fotograaf, in een tuin in Lichterfelde, Berlijn 1925 - 1930

Waldemar Titzenthaler captured his children, Eckart and Marba, in a garden in Lichterfelde, Berlin, using photographic methods of his time. You know, looking at this image, I can almost feel the quiet focus that Titzenthaler must have had, waiting for the perfect moment to capture his children amidst the garden's embrace. It’s like he’s trying to freeze time, not just the image, but the very essence of childhood and nature intertwined. The way the light filters through the trees, creating these soft, almost dreamy shadows, you can tell that light and shadow play a big part in this image, almost like layers of paint on a canvas. And that tree! It dominates the frame, a silent guardian watching over the scene. It reminds me a bit of Caspar David Friedrich, who often used nature to evoke a sense of something bigger than ourselves. It makes you wonder, doesn't it, about the stories hidden in our own backyards, waiting to be told?