Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)
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Artists
Through his own photographic work over the course of a half century, the journals he read more
Processes
At the start of World War I, a shortage of platinum forced photographers to look read more
As Georgia O’Keeffe sorted through the photographs in Alfred Stieglitz’s estate in the late 1940s, read more
Galleries
With the closure of the gallery 291 in 1917, Alfred Stieglitz found himself without a read more
At his last gallery, An American Place, Stieglitz welcomed a stream of visitors who wanted read more
Themes
The term “straight photography” was popularized by critic Sadakichi Hartmann, who often wrote for Camera read more
Stieglitz Series
In the late 1880s, Alfred Stieglitz’s father bought a large property on Lake George in read more
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Exhibited: New York, 1923 Exhibited: New York, 1932
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