Georgia O'Keeffe—Hands and Breasts by Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O'Keeffe—Hands and Breasts 1919

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photography

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portrait

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charcoal drawing

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photography

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symbolism

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nude

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modernism

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erotic-art

Dimensions: image: 18.4 x 23 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.) sheet: 20.2 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.) mat: 50.5 x 41.3 cm (19 7/8 x 16 1/4 in.)

Copyright: National Gallery of Art: CC0 1.0

Here is a photograph by Alfred Stieglitz titled *Georgia O'Keeffe—Hands and Breasts*. It's such a tactile photo, you can almost feel the warmth of the skin. Look at the way the hands press and mold, creating these soft, rounded forms. The breasts become these abstract shapes, charged with intimacy, but also power. I wonder what it was like to be in that room when he took it. The light looks muted, almost as if you could reach out and touch it. I think it's not only a portrait of O'Keeffe, but a conversation between two artists deeply in love. It reminds me a bit of Mapplethorpe's photographs, but with a tenderness. It is a collaboration of sorts, two artists thinking through and with each other. It's all about seeing and feeling, about how artists use their mediums to explore the world and their relationships. It's not just a picture; it's a moment of connection, captured in light and shadow.

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