Kinderen op een boerenerf in Enval 1904

Delizy's photograph, "Kinderen op een boerenerf in Enval" captures a scene of children on a farmyard, rendered in tones of sepia. The scene is set in a small village. I imagine the artist standing in that dusty farmyard with his camera, waiting for the right moment. I like to think about what was going on in his mind, how he was imagining the world while looking through the lens. It's a lovely moment. The sepia tones give everything a warm, nostalgic feeling, don’t they? You can almost feel the dry, dusty air and the weight of the light. The picture gives a lot of detail without giving you the whole story. It invites you to imagine the people who live there. We’re always in conversation with each other, and that is what inspires us. Painting is like that, too. It is a conversation between people. And this is how the history of art continues.