Alfred Stieglitz - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Alfred Stieglitz is a pioneering photographer largely attributed to making photography acceptable as a medium of fine art. Born in 1864, Stieglitz held a coveted place amid the pantheon of legendary 20th Century photographers - a position elevated further still by his marriage to painter Georgia O'Keeffe and his friendship with other photographic greats such as Ansel Adams and Edward Steichen.Stieglitz was editor of American Amateur Photographer magazine for a brief period before becoming editor of an influential newsletter for the New York Camera Club.in 1902 Stieglitz organized an exclusive photographic group which became known as the Photo-Secession, to serve "as a distinctive medium of individual expression" for the photographic arts. Many notable photographers, including Steichen, Clarence White and Gertrude Kasebier joined its ranks. He also managed an influencial gallery in New York City. The gallery went on to become a launch pad for introducing the United States to early European modernists such as Matisse, Cezanne and Picasso. It was also where Georgia O'Keeffe's work first gained notice.After a long, notable and influential life, Steiglitz died in 1946.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Georgia O'KeeffeDorothy Norman

Movies:

"Alfred Steiglitz - The Eloquent Eye" - This 90 minute American Masters documentary chronicles the journey of photographer Alfred Stieglitz, whose life closely parallels the birth of the Modernist Art movement within American culture.

My Blog

Judge to Rule on Stieglitz Collection at Fisk University

February 21, 2008 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Attorneys for Fisk University and a New Mexico museum gave closing arguments on Thursday in a dispute over an art collection given to the school by the late...
Posted by Alfred Stieglitz on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:50:00 PST

Timothy O'Sullivan Gallery

Timothy O'Sullivan was a protege of of two of the greatest photographers of the American Civil War era, Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner. He paid his dues as a green 23-year-old with a camera ...
Posted by Alfred Stieglitz on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:27:00 PST

Antique Cameras

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Posted by Alfred Stieglitz on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:18:00 PST

Arthur Dove Gallery

Arthur Dove was a pioneer among American abstract painters. He befriended Alfred Stieglitz in 1909, and Stieglitz helped to promote his "extraction" style, in which Dove sampled abstract forms from tr...
Posted by Alfred Stieglitz on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:19:00 PST

Tina Modotti Gallery

Tina Modotti was an Italian photographer and model, a popular subject of Edward Westons and a close associate of Frida Kahlo's. ...
Posted by Alfred Stieglitz on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:48:00 PST

Herman Leonard Gallery

Here are some samples of the famed jazz photographer Hearman Leonard: ...
Posted by Alfred Stieglitz on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:31:00 PST

Edward Weston Gallery

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Posted by Alfred Stieglitz on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:55:00 PST