Stieglitz photography

Alfred Stieglitz art dealer, publisher, advocate for the Modernist movement in the arts, and, arguably, the most important photographer of his time. Stieglitz was the son of Edward Stieglitz, a German Jew who moved to the United States in 1849 and went on to make a comfortable fortune in the

Yes. One is a million dollar photo of a seashell.

Alfred Stieglitz. Scurrying Home. 1894. Photogravure. 7 3/8 × 5 3/8" (18.7 × 13.7 cm). Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York. 405.1976. © 2024 Estate of Alfred Stieglitz / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photography

First published in 1921 with the caption "Watch your step!" in the single issue of Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray’s magazine New York Dada, Stieglitz’s surreal portrait was a happy accident. Attempting to capture the modern character of Dorothy True, a friend of Georgia O’Keeffe, Stieglitz made two exposures: a conventional, full-face portrait and a view of one artfully posed leg

Alfred Stieglitz. Spring Showers. c. 1900. Gelatin silver print. 3 7/8 × 1 1/2" (9.8 × 3.8 cm). Alfred Stieglitz Collection. Gift of Georgia O'Keeffe. 26.1950. © 2024 The Museum of Modern Art / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photography

Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe Hands and Grapes, 1921

Through Alfred Stieglitz's dedicated photographic work of a half century, he tirelessly promoted photography as a fine art, gathering around him first Pictorialist and then modernist photographers.

Through Alfred Stieglitz's dedicated photographic work of a half century, he tirelessly promoted photography as a fine art, gathering around him first Pictorialist and then modernist photographers.

Alfred Stieglitz, one of the greatest pillars of American art photography, photographed Lake Como at the end of the nineteenth century

Alfred Stieglitz was born in 1864 in Hoboken, New Jersey, to German immigrant parents. Educated in Germany, he developed an early passion for photography. Upon returning to New York in the 1880s, Stieglitz became a pivotal figure in the photography world, founding the Photo-Secession movement in 1902 to elevate photography as an art form. His renowned work “The Steerage” (1907) exemplifies his ability to blend social commentary with artistic composition. Other notable works include the…