Corry Goelst, Henriëtte Wassink en Wilhelmina van Zijll de Jong op de boulevard van Scheveningen 1932

This small, anonymous photograph shows Corry Goelst, Henriëtte Wassink and Wilhelmina van Zijll de Jong on the boulevard of Scheveningen. The black and white tones really make you think about the past, don't they? It's like the artist—photographer—wasn't just snapping a picture, but also trying to catch a feeling, a moment. Look at the edges, soft and scalloped. It's almost like a painting where the artist is playing with how much to show us. There's a lot of texture in the photograph, from the shadows of the people on the boardwalk to the way the light hits the wall behind the women. It's like each grain of the photo is a tiny brushstroke, adding up to something bigger. Notice how the women are all dressed up, but there is this sense of everyday life going on in the background. It reminds me a bit of Atget, that French photographer, wandering around capturing the soul of a city. Photographs like this, they’re more than just pictures. They're like little windows into other worlds and ways of seeing.