Muziek en transport 1940 - 1941

This page from an anonymous photo album, called "Music and Transport," is a small, quiet document. It’s a collection of moments, glued down, held together. The photographs are small and square, like little windows. They show people, trains, and movement – from east to west. The texture of the photos, their silver gelatin surface, gives everything a soft, dreamy quality. Look at the handwriting, the way the words are placed around the images. It's so casual. The photograph with the musicians, where they are playing instruments in an empty field, it’s like a pause in the journey. It makes me think of other artists who mix text and image, like Dieter Roth, where the process is laid bare. Ultimately, art invites us to slow down, to look closely, and to find our own connections.