Door to Kitchen, Lake George 1934

Alfred Stieglitz captured 'Door to Kitchen, Lake George' with his camera, rendering the scene in shades of grey. It's a simple structure, really: a covered doorway attached to a clapboard house. I wonder what caught Stieglitz's eye? Maybe he was drawn to the geometry, how the angular roof contrasts with the horizontal siding. Or perhaps it was the play of light and shadow, that stark diagonal slicing across the interior. I imagine Stieglitz setting up his camera, adjusting the focus, waiting for the perfect moment when the light fell just so. I like to think he was trying to distill something essential about this place, this house, this particular moment in time. It's a humble subject, yet Stieglitz elevates it through his attention to detail and his masterful use of tone. Painters can learn a lot from photographers. The way they frame a scene, the way they capture light, it all informs how we see and how we translate that vision onto canvas. It’s an ongoing conversation.