My photography clubs first monthly theme was the somewhat bland, deceptively complex “Natural Light”. This isn’t just photographs lit by natural light, but photographs of natural light. Ambient light reflecting off a river, making it glow. Sunlight through an airplane window catching the prisms and amber liquid of a cocktail. Strategically placed mirrors on a hillside creating and abstract set of geometric points of light and lens flare.
I’d like to share the photos I selected to be discussed, but I don’t want to tempt copyright issues. Instead here are some links:
- The Tetons and the Snake River (1942) – Ansel Adams
- Dawn Glory (2026) – Hougaard Malan
- Cornett Girls, Kentucky (1963) – William Gedney
- Harlem, NY, children playing in the spray of a fire hydrant (1983) – Thomas Hopker
- Windowsill Daydreaming (1958) – Minor White
- Untitled (cocktail on a plane) (c.1971) – William Eggleston
- White Windows (1962) – Fan Ho
- Foot of Main (1963) – Fred Herzog
- [Untitled] (c.2025) – Krister Berg
- from As Frozen Land Burns (2021) – Nanna Heitman
- Study 2 – Heidodan Sakura Tree (2026) – Michael Kenna
- For the Sake of Clamness (2019) – Newsha Tavakolian
![[Untitled] (c.2025) – Krister Berg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/644bbe2dacaa03703396baf3/ff79fcf4-1443-4401-ab2e-f84b8963ff29/IMG_3112-Redigera-Redigera.jpg?format=2500w){kind=link}
All of these links work on 2026-09-30. That said, most of these images should be findable with a few internet searches.