Portret van een onbekende man en vrouw in kleding voor buiten met een mof en een wandelstok c. 1898 - 1912

This small black and white photograph captures an unknown man and woman in their outdoor attire. There is a beautiful softness in the way Ingelse works, which makes me think about photographic practice as a kind of painting. The light and shadow create a gentle, fuzzy texture, almost like a charcoal drawing. The details aren't sharp, but somehow, this adds to the image's depth. Look at the way the light catches the woman’s fur stole, it's got a painterly quality! It reminds me of the way that Manet painted fabric. Both artists make the mundane details of everyday life into something beautiful, and create a feeling of lived experience. Thinking about these types of images reminds me that art is just a continuation of conversations, across time, across space, across media, all of us influencing and borrowing from one another.