Choose a photograph. Type in your response.

  • Which of these landscapes intrigues you and why?

  • Write a story or poem inspired by one of these pictures. Or, if one of them brings a memory to mind, tell that story.

  • Some of these images are made spontaneously while others are carefully staged by the artist. How does this difference in approach affect your response?






Shirin Neshat, Untitled (from Rapture), 1999. Gelatin silver print, 44 3/8 x 68 3/4 inches (112.7 x 174.6 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Gift, The Bohen Foundation 2001.233