Equivalents, 80 Years Later

I've neglected this place a bit, as I've just started hanging out over at PhotoSIG -- an awesome corner of the Internet where you can both give and receive comments and critiques on your photography (and give your c/c to others' works). One of the cool things about that place, other than being a rather large community of photographers gathered from around the world, of course, are the assignments that come up, both weekly and monthly.

I decided to jump in and contribute one image to the November assignment -- clouds. I've been studying and re-visiting a lot of the photographers who inspired and helped form me as a photographer. One of those photographers is Alfred Stieglitz, who probably was one of the most influential photographers in history -- whether directly or indirectly, Stieglitz probably has inspired all photographers in some way shape or form. One of his more popular photographic series is his study of cloud formations, which he called Equivalent. If you're not familiar with Stieglitz' Equivalent series, you can view some of the images online at the Phillips Collection web site here. Inspired by his images, I wanted to capture a modern-day version of those shots, and yet keep true to the vision he created. The technical imperfections here are OK -- they're purposely in the composition to try and recapture the emotion Stieglitz portrayed in his images 80 years ago.

Here's my PhotoSIG November Assignment contribution: