#sunshine rays

A golden song of sun’s ray

The sun in all its brilliance and beauty never disappoints when it comes to showing off all its differentiability. A person could take several photos of the sun at contrasting times of the day, and they would have a variety of pictures. The clouds may be a dazzling white, or ablaze in an assortment of colors ranging from flowery fuchsia to tangerine and cyan. The colors that stream from the sun and sky are endless and the most avid painter may find it difficult to replicate all the colors represented in one photo. Some may argue that the sun, sky, and clouds are not art. Although this may be an accurate statement, from a scholar’s perspective, I would argue that the creator of the universe displays billions of epic cosmical paintings a day all over the world. One does not have to agree that there is a creator, but it is undeniable that every day at all moments of the day the universe is displaying its majesty through the movement of the sun and clouds in the sky. The Steerage is a photo taken by Alfred Stieglitz. The reason this photo has been noted as famous is because photography, only around for about a hundred years, was a form of art and was able to document that specific moment in time. No one was posing – no time to paint this scene and collect all the intricate details of that moment. In an equivalent way the sun must be photographed in that specific moment that a person sees something they want to capture, because in those moments the scene will change, and it will never be the same. Yes, you can paint a picture of the sunset or sunrise, but much of the painting will be from the imagination of the artist, unless they are copying from a photograph. I believe the f/64 group, a group of photographers founded by Alfred Stieglitz that took photographs that the foreground, middle and background were all in focus, would appreciate taking pictures of the sun in many different landscapes. Document artists as well, may contribute to their art that may also contain photos of the sun in their background as it is the reason we have light to document anything during the daytime hours. The sun can be a part of any type of art as displayed in many ancient art pieces such as The Monstrance or Anatolian. Although the sun can be a part of several types of art my photos are simply straight digital photography. They do not document any specific historical event and although some contain people, they just happened to be there and were not posing for a Pictorialism piece.