As I was leaving the Historical Society the other day I noticed some lovely light on the clouds. Reminded me a little of Alfred Stieglitz’s series, “Equivalents”.

Equivalents was a series of photographs of clouds taken by Alfred Stieglitz from 1925 to 1934. They are generally recognized as the first photographs intended to free the subject matter from literal interpretation, and, as such, are some of the first completely abstract photographic works of art. Stieglitz called these photographs Equivalents and argued that visual art could assume the same nonrepresentational, emotionally evocative qualities as music. The images experiment with camera and darkroom techniques to create abstract fields of light and dark, and became one of the 20th century’s most vital visual traditions.

Taken with a Sony RX10 IV

I went for lunch by the River Hudson Today. On my table was a glass jar with a bunch of wires in it. I have no idea what, if anything, this means, but it looked somewhat interesting, so I took a picture of it.

When I started to process it on the computer, I realized that by removing the context of the jar I got a nice abstract composition. At least I think so.

Taken with a Sony RX10 IV

This shadow of some overhead wires caught my attention – I’m not entirely sure why.

Taken with a Sony DSC-H50