Accompanied by pure photography style, Stieglitz was instrumental in helping make photography the fine art, and this eye-catching image, Winter, Fifth Avenue, is one of his best known works captured in 1892, which is no doubt an aesthetic art.
As a whole, Stieglitz unified this image by the aid of natural elements—rain and snow, which perfectly depicted the scene that the storm swallowed dark horses, the carriage, as well as the man who struggled or probably competed with the snowy weather. As for the frame, with less interests in the condition of the figure, Stieglitz highlighted the composition of the entire scene. Standing in front of this photograph, viewers can be easily captured and led straight to the focal point—central carriage by those diagonal trails. Since the ruts in the snow go further away in this image, they …show more content…
People have access to capturing special moments according to their preferences. However, not all the pictures can be listed under the artistic photography. Instead of taking images, photographers do make images, showing people light and shadow, color and outline, as well as personal contemplation and imagination. In addition, the process of turning negatives into photographic papers requires some technical supports to polish those images, such as the dye transfer and darkroom techniques. Telling its own story, photography describes the subject itself, then conveys the personal visual experience, and above all it can create the imagination and arouse resonance with audiences, finally moving it into fine