Marba en Eckart Titzenthaler, kinderen van de fotograaf, in de slaapkamer van het woonhuis in de Friedrichstrasse, Berlijn 1917 - 1918

This photograph by Waldemar Titzenthaler captures his children in their Berlin home. The composition is immediately striking; it evokes a sense of intimate space, dominated by the large bed, its soft textures contrasting with the room's stark geometry. The unsettling atmosphere is achieved through the use of light and shadow, which creates a sense of unease. The girls’ direct gaze challenges us, destabilizing the conventional boundaries between the observed and the observer, drawing us into their enigmatic world. We might see this photographic approach through the lens of semiotics, where the children, with their direct gaze and positioning, become signs that disrupt traditional notions of childhood innocence and domestic tranquility. The photograph invites reflection on the constructed nature of representation. It encourages us to question the values and norms embedded within photographic practices.