• Born on January 1st 1864, passed way on July 13th 1946.
• An American photographer.
• Focussed on taking photos of cloud formations in the sky, which made him one of the most influential and popular photographers in history.
• Stieglitz called these photos “Equivalents” to parallel the artists own inner state.

Examples of his work –

Analysis –

I really like this photo from Alfred Stieglitz because of the contrast of dark to light tones within the clouds which looks as if there is a solid, jagged line in-between which separates the 2 areas, as if they are in a fight as it can show danger and fear. This atmosphere has been created through the photo because of how dark the tones are at the edges as if they are in a war with each other and are protecting what is theirs. I also like in this photo how there is a small glimpses of light created through sunlight on the smaller clouds and especially in the bottom right corner as when taking the photo as the bright, white tones can show a signal of hope and calmness to a war which feels like it might not end as if it is the light at the end of the dark tunnel.

In my own work, I would like to focus on cloud formations as I like how interesting they can be and the shapes which they are able to form. I will do this by taking various pictures at different times of the day in different locations to get a range of photos. I will then bring my photos into photoshop and change them into black and white contrasts just like Alfred Stieglitz’s work.