Flatiron Building, New York 1903

Alfred Stieglitz captured the Flatiron Building in New York with a camera and photographic paper. Imagine Stieglitz out in the snow, squinting through his lens, trying to capture this new, strange shape dominating the city skyline. What I love is how he frames it with the park, the trees—nature sort of creeping in around this symbol of modernity. It's like he's asking, "How do we fit these new, sharp angles into our world?" He's not just documenting; he's feeling the scene. You can sense the quiet of the snow, the chill in the air. And that soft, muted palette, it’s not just black and white, it’s about tones and atmosphere. Painters like the early cubists were also grappling with how to represent modern life. It’s all about the push and pull between what’s old and what’s new, how we see, and how we feel about it. It reminds me that art's always a conversation.