Monday, 20 August 2007
Feeding the Ducks (1924) by André Kertész
Andre Kertesz
Feeding the Ducks in the Late Afternoon
Tisza Szalka
1924
© The Estate of André Kertész
Scan courtesy of Masters of Photography
Why doesn't anyone want to be photographed here? The ducks have turned their backs, the woman sitting has a reluctant smile on her face, and there's a younger woman on the right in the photo, completely enveloped in the shadow of the housewall and the tree. What secret is there in the lives of these people which casts strange shadows and makes the woman's hands, disengaged with a bowl, look sinister?
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