23 April 1931 1931 - 1934

Atelier Kurkdjian captured this photograph, "23 April 1931," and it's like stepping into a time capsule. I can almost smell the wood paneling and feel the stillness of that room. Imagine being the person in that chair, caught in the act of paperwork, yet framed by those incredible windows. What was going through their mind that day? What was on those papers? There’s a formal quality, with the symmetry of the windows, but there’s something human, too. The way the light pours in, it's almost like a painting in itself, where the artist has carefully composed the scene, balancing the dark wood with the bright light. I wonder if they saw the space as a kind of portrait of the person who inhabited it? It suggests that every space tells a story, and every artist captures a moment that speaks to a larger conversation.