The Hollywood Suites (Windows) #20 1976

This is ‘The Hollywood Suites (Windows) #20’ by Steve Kahn, and there’s something so satisfying about its composition. It’s a black and white photograph, and there's a real attention to the textures and shapes. You see the curtains, with their different patterns and the way they’re draped. Then there's the flatness of the wall behind, the whole scene making this image feel so real. I love the way Kahn plays with light and shadow. It gives everything a kind of sculptural quality, which turns these ordinary curtains into something else. It reminds me a little of those early modernist photographs that found beauty in the everyday. Like, what is a window, really? What is inside, what is outside? It’s this kind of simple setup, but it gets you thinking about how we look at the world. It’s like Kahn is saying, "Hey, there's more here than you think." And that's what great art does, right?