Little House, Lake George c. 1933

Alfred Stieglitz made this photograph, Little House, Lake George, using black and white film. Look at that little house! The arrow on the roof makes me feel the wind is really blowing. Stieglitz is taking a picture of something small and personal in this big landscape and probably thinking hard about what "American" photography could be. I can see him out there with his camera, squinting at this little house. It is just a humble building but somehow it represents something more profound: a shelter, a home, a place of belonging. The dark sky in contrast with the moon and white walls make this image both intimate and expansive. Maybe he was thinking about how to make a picture that feels like truth, or at least *his* truth. All of us artists try to capture something real, even when it seems simple. He's not just pointing the camera; he's feeling the light, the place, and trying to share that.