Gezicht op de Sioule in de Auvergne 1904

Delizy made this small photograph of the Sioule in the Auvergne, and the image pulls you right into the depth of its landscape. I love how the monochrome tones give it this timeless feel, like a memory half-forgotten. You can almost feel Delizy setting up their camera, trying to capture the magnitude of the river and the cliffs. Think of the concentration and maybe a little frustration, right? How do you compress all that space into a rectangle? Look at how the light plays on the water and the rugged rocks. There's a sense of adventure here, reminiscent of early landscape painters, those guys who trekked through the wilderness to find the perfect view, the sublime, the awesome. Delizy is part of that conversation, wrestling with how to represent nature, not just as it is, but as it feels. It's a feeling that links artists across centuries.