Georgia O'Keeffe Possibly 1918 - 1934

This photograph is by Alfred Stieglitz and it captures Georgia O’Keeffe, sitting outside, probably made with a large format camera. I find myself drawn to the material honesty of this image, the way it captures O’Keeffe’s tools laid bare: her palette, paints all smudged and messy, the glass of water. You can see the marks on the paper she’s using and the concentration on her face. It’s a window into the messy, imperfect reality of art-making. The garden setting is so intimate, a reminder that art often comes from the immediate surroundings. It's as if Stieglitz wanted us to understand that art wasn’t about grand gestures but about quiet observation and dedication. There’s something very modern about the sensibility of this photograph, it feels as though it is of its time, a quiet moment of two artists connecting. It reminds me of the work of painters like Fairfield Porter who understood how to paint “the near and dear”. Anyway, enough from me, what do you think?