Spring Showers
Alfred Stieglitz was born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1864. After studying engineering in Germany Stieglitz returned to New York in 1890 to pursuit photography. Stieglitz was determined to show that photography had as much artistic potential as other more traditional mediums such as painting and sculpture. To achieve this he focused on the craftsmanship of his prints and used natural elements such as rain and fog in his photos to unify them aesthetically. I chose Spring Rain because it is emblematic of Stieglitz's technique and because of the slight sense of crookedness and the unusual shape.
