Georgia O'Keeffe Possibly 1918 - 1937

This is a photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, he has captured Georgia O’Keeffe looking off into the distance, her hands are gently spread out, touching the bark of a tree. I'm immediately drawn to the contrast between the roughness of the tree bark and O'Keeffe's delicate hands. You know, it makes me wonder what she was thinking at that moment. Was she finding some kind of connection with nature, or maybe just taking a break from the world? There is so much texture! The wool of her cardigan, the gnarl of the tree. You can feel the cool air. Stieglitz was a master at capturing mood, and you feel he really saw something special in O’Keeffe. I mean, you can almost feel the weight of the camera in his hands as he captures her essence. And you can see his influence in the way she later framed her own paintings of flowers and landscapes. It’s one artist inspiring another. It’s a gentle image, one that invites reflection, like a quiet conversation between friends.