O’keeffe in Taos

NINETY YEARS AGO, THE HERALDED ARTIST BEGAN HER LIFE IN NEW MEXICO

It was the summer of 1929 when Georgia O’keeffe and good friend and fellow artist Rebecca “Beck” Strand (later Salsbury James) packed their bags for the Land of Enchantment. It was a long, but seemingly necessary journey from The Big Apple to the Big Sky.

Georgia O'keeffe's longtime partner, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, snapped this image of her after returning to New York City from a trip to New Mexico in 1929. Alfred Stieglitz. Gelatin silver print, 3 1/16 x 4 5/8 inches. Georgia O'keeffe Museum. Gift of The Georgia O'keeffe Foundation. [2003.1.15]