Tak met bloemen c. 1900 - 1930

This photograph of flowers was made by Richard Tepe, who was working in the late 19th and early 20th century. It’s a small image; I can imagine him carefully constructing the shot, adjusting the light, maybe holding his breath a little, and then *click*. I feel for him and wonder what he was trying to capture. The softness of the petals, the way the light catches the edges of the leaves... I wonder if he was thinking about the Japanese tradition of flower arranging. There’s such delicacy to it. It’s very modest, but there’s also a kind of quiet poetry to the image. And isn’t that what art is all about? It's about noticing the beauty in the everyday.