Eva Herrmann 1926

Here's a photograph of Eva Herrmann by Alfred Stieglitz. You can see the image is small, intimate; it makes me want to lean in close. I can only imagine what it must have been like to work with photography at the time. The way the light falls across her face, creating these soft shadows, it's almost like he's painting with light. It's so much more than just documentation, you know? He's really seeing her, trying to get at something deeper. The texture of that amazing hat with the shaggy fronds and the plush towel around her shoulders, they're just delicious. It makes me think about how we look at each other, how we try to capture a moment, a feeling, in a single image. Stieglitz really knew how to honor the people he photographed. It’s a conversation across time, isn't it?