lity induced him to use photography as an interpretative medium rather than for factual recording purposes. His use of photography to interpret, rather than exactly record, nature, are in keeping with Emerson's views. Like Emerson, he was interested in tricks of the light. Unlike Emerson, he preferred twilight as a time to photograph, because detail is reduced to a minimum, and colors and shapes become diffuse. It could be said that instead of a fascination with points of light, Steichen was interested in points of darkness.
Unlike Emerson, Steichen liked to play with the photographic process. Steichen experimented with various forms of printing, including platinum, carbon, cyanotype, gum bichromate,
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