Schapen en lammetjes op een boerenerf in Maarssen c. 1900 - 1930

Richard Tepe took this photograph of sheep and lambs at a farm in Maarssen. I love how the photograph’s tones are very gentle. It must have been a cloudy day, so the light is soft. It feels like a memory you can't quite grasp, like a sepia-toned dream. The whole photograph is a kind of tonal poem, isn't it? You can almost feel the texture of the sheep’s wool. The way the light interacts with the hay creates these really soft, blurred effects around the edges. You can almost smell the hay. Tepe has really made the most of the medium here, using its strengths in capturing texture and light. It’s a painterly photograph, reminiscent of the landscapes of painters from the Hague School. Isn't it lovely to think about how artists, no matter their medium, are always looking at the world, drawing inspiration, and continuing the dialogue? They transform ideas and observations into something new and meaningful.