The Hollywood Suites (Windows) #22 1977

Steve Kahn made this silver gelatin print, *The Hollywood Suites (Windows) #22,* and I’m really drawn to its quiet stillness, the way it captures a moment of suspended animation. I can imagine Kahn carefully setting up his shot, adjusting the curtains just so, waiting for the light to be exactly right. It’s like he’s trying to capture not just the image of the window, but also the feeling of being in that room, the quality of the air, the silence. I think about other photographers who have explored similar themes of domestic space and the passage of time—artists like Tina Barney or Gregory Crewdson. They all seem to be asking similar questions about what it means to be human, what it means to inhabit a space, to exist in time. Kahn’s work reminds us that even the simplest subjects can hold profound depths of meaning if we take the time to really look. It's a gentle reminder to find beauty in the everyday, and to appreciate the quiet moments that make up a life.