Georgia O'Keeffe - Feet 1918

Alfred Stieglitz made this photogravure titled 'Georgia O'Keeffe - Feet' at an unknown date. Look at how Stieglitz uses light and shadow to sculpt these feet. The light doesn't seem to be coming from any clear direction, it's all a bit soft, giving the image a slightly dreamlike quality. What I love about this image is the way it focuses on the overlooked details of the everyday. It's like a snapshot, intimate and immediate. The texture of the skin, the slight imperfections, even the way the toes are slightly crooked, it all feels so real. It reminds me of other artists who have turned their attention to the mundane, elevating the ordinary to the extraordinary. Think of Man Ray, or even some of the German photographers of the Neue Sachlichkeit - the New Objectivity movement. It's a reminder that art can be found anywhere if we're willing to look closely.