Ponte della Trinità 1902 - 1907

David Young Cameron made this etching, Ponte della Trinità, using dark grey ink. The print captures a bridge over water; you can see the city buildings in the background. I imagine Cameron carefully layering thin lines to create a sense of depth and shadow. What was he thinking as he worked? Maybe about the weight of history, or the way light plays on the water? Notice how the bridge almost seems to loom out at us, solid and still. The dark lines create deep shadows, and the city in the distance is barely visible. There is an emphasis on structure, which seems to relate to the architecture in the image. Etching, like painting, can be a way of thinking through images, with one artist’s ideas building on another's, so we keep the conversation flowing. Each mark, each choice, is like a question posed, inviting us to look closer and imagine our own answers.