Onderkomen van de Wehrmacht by Anonymous

Onderkomen van de Wehrmacht

Possibly 1940 - 1945

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Anonymous

@anonymous

Location

Rijksmuseum
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Artwork details

Medium
photography, gelatin-silver-print
Dimensions
height 60 mm, width 90 mm, height 210 mm, width 290 mm
Location
Rijksmuseum
Copyright
Rijks Museum: Open Domain

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landscape

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social-realism

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street-photography

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photography

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group-portraits

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gelatin-silver-print

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history-painting

About this artwork

This page from an album holds several black and white photographs, titled ‘Onderkomen van de Wehrmacht’, made by an anonymous artist. The grainy texture of the photographs and their monochrome palette create a sense of distance, like looking back through time. Each image captures a different moment, yet they are unified by the shared subject matter, creating a narrative through sequential viewing. Look at the edges of the photographs, uneven, almost torn, revealing the hand of the artist in the darkroom, developing and cropping. The artist's process becomes palpable, a reminder that every image is a constructed reality. The album page itself serves as a frame, grounding each photograph and inviting us to consider how they relate to each other, and to the larger story. Like a Gerhard Richter painting made from photographs, the artist embraces ambiguity, allowing multiple interpretations to coexist. This work reminds us that art is an ongoing conversation, where ideas are exchanged and transformed across time.

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