Else Wachenheimer-Moos in de tuin met haar ouders Hermann Moos en Josefine Moos-Levi, haar schoonzus Liesel Wachenheimer-Zürndorfer en een onbekende vrouw, vermoedelijk 1928, Stuttgart, Neurenberg of Hamburg 1928

This photograph, probably taken in 1928 in Stuttgart, Nuremberg, or Hamburg, shows Else Wachenheimer-Moos with family members in a garden. It’s funny, looking at this now, imagining the person behind the camera, maybe fumbling with the focus, trying to get everyone to smile at the same time. What was it like to handle this photo paper, feel the chemicals, develop the image? They probably felt like they were capturing something real, something fixed, but look at us now— generations later— still asking questions. I think about how their poses suggest stories of their lives. The way the women hold their handbags, the way the men sit. These photographs are not just documentation, but rather embodied expressions that capture gestures and glances. And the photograph? I bet it sparks other photos, other family reunions! It’s all one big conversation. It reminds me that we are all in the same boat, trying to find connection, trying to make something meaningful out of everyday life.