Calling the Groke 2016

Elina Brotherus made this photograph, Calling the Groke, and it's just *chef's kiss*. It's so painterly, so considered. I imagine she saw that lake, that dusk, that dock and just knew something had to happen there. Look how the light from that little lantern just barely cuts through the blue. I can feel how quiet it must have been. The figure is still, the water calm. I wonder, what is she thinking about? Painters are always chasing light, and Brotherus has caught it here, in that moment. Photography and painting can have a really cool relationship. Like how Gerhard Richter used photos to make paintings, and now here is Brotherus, using a photo to do something so atmospheric. It makes me want to grab my brushes and find out.