Songs of the Sky or Equivalent 1923 - 1929

Alfred Stieglitz made this gelatin silver print, Songs of the Sky, with a camera, but it looks like something way more abstract! It’s all about tonality and light, right? Look at how he’s coaxing these shades of gray out of the sky, like he’s painting with light. There’s this one twisting cloud, almost center, like a brushstroke caught mid-swoop. It reminds me of de Kooning, all that energy and movement, but here it’s in the atmosphere, somehow both solid and ephemeral. I guess what I love about this, is it shows how any medium can be pushed toward abstraction, and how every mark, every gesture, can sing, whether it’s paint, ink, or light. It’s a reminder that art's not just about what you see, but how you see it.