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

This black and white photograph captures Corry Goelst, Henriëtte Wassink, and Wilhelmina van Zijll de Jong on Scheveningen boulevard, though the artist remains unknown. I can imagine the photographer lurking, searching for the perfect alignment of figures, or maybe a fleeting moment of connection. Did they take other shots? Were they happy with the results? There's something so human about wanting to capture a moment, even if it's destined to become anonymous. And look at the texture – that grainy quality that only film can produce. It’s a reminder of the physical process, the darkroom alchemy that transforms light into memory. The composition is intriguing, with the three women posed against the backdrop of what seems to be a photo booth offering portraits. There's a funny tension between the posed subjects and the figures behind the glass, completely unaware of the moment being captured outside. I always love seeing how photographs speak to paintings and paintings to photographs in terms of image making. They are like long lost cousins in the field of mark making.