Cloudscapes and Equivalents

In honor of Alfred Stieglitz and his concept of “equivalents” (photographs made between 1925-1934), I’ll offer up some cloudscapes of my own for your free-form interpretation.

First, a quick and juicy Stieglitz anecdote:

Man (looking at a Stieglitz Equivalent): Is this a photograph of water?
Stieglitz: What difference does it make of what it is?
Man: But is it a photograph of water?
Stieglitz: I tell you it does not matter.
Man: Well, then, is it a picture of the sky?
Stieglitz: It happens to be a picture of the sky. But I cannot understand why that is of any importance.

The following images were made this very morning whilst feeling a bit peckish and awaiting a sunrise on the high peaks that never really developed. The clouds, though, shredded by the high winds ripping and rippling over the Rockies, offered a very satisfactory alternative subject while a crescent Moon played hide and seek.