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?






Miles Coolidge, Police Station, Kids-R-Us, McDonald's, 1994. Silver dye bleach print, face-mounted to acrylic, 30 x 39 inches (76.2 x 99.1 cm), edition 1/5. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee 98.4638