Georgia O'Keeffe c. 1933

Alfred Stieglitz made this gelatin silver print, "Georgia O'Keeffe" at an unknown date. Looking at this image, I think of the way an artist's image can be framed and contained by a lover's gaze. It's interesting to think about how Stieglitz, also a well-known artist, saw O’Keefe. As an artist and her husband, maybe Stieglitz sees her as a model and muse - his interpretation of her. The sharp contrast between light and shadow across her body and face, the wood, and the grass behind her... I imagine Stieglitz directing O'Keeffe to sit still against the pile of chopped wood. Her face looks as if she’s concentrating. What was going through her mind at that moment? The image feels very intimate. It makes me think about the exchange between artists, how they see each other, and how those visions get translated into art. Artists are always in conversation, riffing off each other, making something new from what they’ve seen and felt.