Gezicht op de Koutoubia-moskee te Marrakech Possibly 1927

A.G.A. van Eelde took this photograph of the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech. Just imagine van Eelde there, framing the shot, considering light and shadow, how one casts and defines the details of the building. I wonder what it was like to stand in that courtyard, looking up at the minaret, feeling the sun. See how the light rakes across the ground, cutting the composition? The photograph almost splits in two—the shadowy foreground and the sun-drenched façade of the mosque. You know, photographs like this are never just documentation; they're interpretations. The artist is choosing what to show us, what to emphasize. How they want us to feel. It makes me think about the ongoing dialogue between artists across time and place, each building on what came before, remixing ideas, seeing the world anew. It’s exciting, right?