Detail van een electrische kabel op onbekende locatie in de Verenigde Staten 1936

Wouter Cool made this photograph, titled 'Detail van een electrische kabel op onbekende locatie in de Verenigde Staten', at an unknown time, but I'd guess sometime in the early 20th century. The hand holding the electric cable in the photograph is cropped in a peculiar way, as if it's coming out from nowhere. I wonder what the photographer was thinking when he took this shot? Maybe he was trying to capture the essence of modernity, the way electricity was changing the world? There's something kind of sci-fi about it, like a prop from a movie about the future. It also reminds me of the work of other photographers from the same time period, who were experimenting with new ways of seeing and representing the world. It's cool to see how artists are always building on each other's ideas, pushing the boundaries of what's possible, like in painting. They keep the conversation going across time, inspiring each other's creativity.