Ondine

A hauntingly ethereal composition by Frederick Sommer, *Ondine* presents a dreamlike arrangement that blurs the boundary between reality and imagination, characteristic of Sommer's deeply surrealist sensibility. The gelatin silver print, likely produced in the 1960s, reveals Sommer's meticulous attention to tonal richness and texture, drawing the viewer into a mysterious, otherworldly space. The title's reference to the water nymph of European mythology suggests a poetic meditation on the ephemeral and the unconscious.