

Documentary photograph of a West German home, 1950s. Natural daylight from a window, soft shadows, muted period colours: cream, ochre, faded red, worn wood. Fine film grain, slight colour cast of old colour film. Shot on a normal lens at eye level, everything in the room slightly worn and actually used. Scene: Wirtshaustheke aus dunklem Holz mit Zapfhahn, leere Gläser, Abendlicht. The room is empty of people — someone has just left it. Any packaging, tin or box is turned so that its printed side faces away from the camera or is out of frame. No people, no faces, no hands. No text, no letters, no numbers, no signs, no labels, no logos, no watermarks. No flags, no coats of arms. No famous landmarks. No modern objects. Aspect ratio 21:9, wide horizontal frame, at least 2688 pixels wide.