Gezelschap met kinderwagen op een binnenplaats (aangeduid als 'La Charpenterie'), vermoedelijk bij een landhuis of kasteel in Frankrijk 1903

This small photograph shows a group with a baby carriage in a courtyard, possibly taken at a French country house by Delizy. The sepia tones and small scale draw me in, like a memory half-forgotten. Look at the way the textures play against each other: the rough, almost geological wall against the delicate wheels of the carriage. There's a push and pull between the solid, enduring architecture and the transient figures. I’m particularly drawn to the figure of the soldier or guard standing in the doorway. There’s a stillness to his pose, almost as if he is holding a breath. It reminds me of some of Atget's photographs, capturing a moment of everyday life with a quiet, almost melancholic beauty. In the end, the photograph embraces a sense of ambiguity and multiple interpretations over fixed meanings.