Untitled 1980

Ursula Schulz-Dornburg made this photograph, we don't know when, on paper. I am immediately drawn to the reflections in the water, this feels like an alternative way of seeing. I like to think about what the photographer was thinking when she made this. She's capturing these odd little buildings or structures by the river, like the whole landscape is mirrored, it's as if the sky and earth are exchanging places. There are reeds and grasses in the foreground, dark buildings, and is that a cow? It reminds me of other artists who have explored our relationship to the land, such as Agnes Martin or Vija Celmins. There's an ongoing conversation between artists across time and place, inspiring and informing each other. And the quietness of this picture, its stillness, also invites us to think slowly, to let meaning emerge over time.