Ongebonden fotoalbum van het gezin Onnen 1911

Carolina Onnen assembled this photograph album, "Ongebonden fotoalbum van het gezin Onnen," likely using gelatin silver prints, at some point in her life, but likely after 1911, when one of the photos in the album was taken. Look how the album has become a kind of personal canvas, a space where life's moments are arranged and framed. I imagine Carolina carefully selecting each image, thinking about how they speak to one another, how they tell a story. It's like she’s painting a portrait of her family through the lens of a camera. I wonder what she was thinking as she arranged these photographs? Perhaps reflecting on her childhood? Or maybe she was thinking about how to preserve these memories for future generations, how to freeze them in time? It's fascinating how these choices transform the album into a deeply personal and expressive work of art. What will someone think when they come across it in a hundred years?