White directly carried on Stieglitz's tradition of using cloud and sky photography as vehicles for spiritual and emotional transcendence, creating abstract gelatin silver prints where natural forms dissolve into pure meditative form and light.

Strand shared Stieglitz's commitment to modernist fine art photography with a deep focus on abstract formal qualities in black and white, producing contemplative gelatin silver prints that elevate natural subjects into timeless, emotionally resonant compositions.

Adams consistently used sky, clouds, and dramatic tonal contrasts in gelatin silver prints to achieve the same sense of monochrome abstraction and transcendence found in the Equivalents series, treating natural light as a primary expressive tool.