Twee foto's van de tempel van Hera in Paestum 1950

These two photographs of the temple of Hera in Paestum were taken by Norbert van den Berg sometime in the mid-twentieth century. You can see the remnants of what was once a grand temple, now reduced to just a few columns and fractured stones. Imagine van den Berg with his camera, framing these shots, trying to capture not just the physical structure but also the weight of history, the passage of time. It is very easy to empathize with the artist, trying to find the right angle, the perfect light, to convey some deep truth or feeling. The textures of the stone, eroded and weathered, are beautiful. In a way, it's not so different than the surfaces we create when we’re painting. We layer, we scrape, we reveal what's underneath. These photographs are a reminder that artists are in constant dialogue with each other across time, responding to the past, experimenting, and reinterpreting what came before. It’s all one big, ongoing conversation.