Aaron Siskind is considered one of the important figures in 20th century photography. He taught for some time at Rhode Ilsand School of Design. He would mostly be catagorized in the same group with painters like Robert Motherwell and Flanz Kline. He would photograph abstractions in Black and white. Sometimes his photographs were just cracks in a wall or a section of a wall, all shot on large format film. Perhaps some medium format as well. I always liked Siskind and on occasion try to figure out how to see a photograph the way he did. When I took this photograph tonight I liked how abstract it was, how the light and shadow created shapes and forms and lines. The eye peaking out made it for me, it would've probably killed it for Siskind who was after something different. I like how I can learn from photographers and artists even if their styles are so much different than mine. Meadville Tribune photograph by Richard Sayer