Songs of the Sky 1923

Alfred Stieglitz conjured this image, Songs of the Sky, with a camera, capturing light as it shifted and moved through the heavens. I can imagine him, gazing upwards, waiting for the perfect moment, light meter in hand, ready to record the symphony of clouds. It's all about the tone, right? The way the grays push and pull – some areas heavy and dark like storm clouds, others light and airy like cotton. It’s like he’s not just showing us clouds, but trying to bottle a feeling, a mood, a fleeting moment of beauty. Think of Turner, but with a lens instead of a brush. You know? This image makes me wonder about Georgia O'Keeffe, and the way she looked at the world through her own lens, turning flowers into landscapes and landscapes into something deeply personal. Stieglitz, like O’Keefe, was part of that same conversation, grappling with how to capture what it feels like to be alive, to see, to feel.