Siskind shared Minor White's modernist approach of isolating architectural surfaces and everyday structural details to create abstract geometric compositions charged with psychological meaning. His close studies of walls, doors, and building facades parallel White's meditative focus on ordinary architectural subjects.

Strand's straight photography tradition heavily influenced White, and his precise geometric studies of doors, windows, and building facades in places like New England and New Mexico demonstrate the same formal rigor and search for deeper meaning within architectural subjects. His work shares the same tonal precision and contemplative stillness.

Weston's approach to finding transcendent formal qualities within mundane subjects directly parallels White's philosophy seen in this attic door study. His precise rendering of geometric forms and everyday objects, transformed through careful composition into something spiritually resonant, mirrors White's aesthetic and conceptual intentions.