Portret van Corry Goelst 1932

Here's a sweet little photograph of Corry Goelst. It's like a snapshot from a life, captured and placed carefully within the leaves of an album. I can feel the artist experimenting with composition, light, and shadow as I look. I wonder if they felt the pressure of capturing a likeness, or were they just playing with their materials, seeing what might emerge? Maybe the image was cropped, and the focus shifted. You can almost see them working, adjusting, thinking. What was Corry thinking? Did she have any idea that, years later, we'd be here, looking at her image and wondering about her? It's a tender thing, isn't it? How artists create these little time capsules, and how we, as viewers, get to step inside them, if only for a moment. And what a gift that these objects survive at all! There's a conversation happening here, between the photographer, Corry, and us. It's a reminder that art is never truly finished, but constantly evolving through our interpretations and experiences.