Gezicht op een station van een kabelbaan op de Tafelberg en in de verte de Leeukop in Kaapstad c. 1940 - 1960

This photograph of a cable car station on Table Mountain, with Lion's Head in the distance, is made by Blackshaw. It's small, almost like a found image. The composition is what grabs me. It's all about these angular lines – the sharp angles of the rocks, the diagonal of the cable car wire, and the stark contrast between the dark, solid mass of the mountain and the airy expanse of the sea and sky. It’s a dance of contrasts. The texture is intriguing too. You can almost feel the rough, jagged surface of the rock face. Then there's that little cable car, dangling precariously, a testament to human ingenuity. It makes me think of Vija Celmins' meticulous renderings of surfaces, but here it’s captured in a fleeting moment. It reminds me that art, like a conversation, is always evolving, always building upon what came before.