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Alfred Stieglitz led the Pictorialist movement, which advocated the artistic legitimacy of photography in the United States. Without his influence, photographers like Ansel Adams and Edward Weston would never have been able to become household names.
Alfred Stieglitz (born January 1, 1864, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.—died July 13, 1946, New York, New York) was an art dealer, publisher, advocate for the Modernist movement in the arts, and, arguably, the most important photographer of his time.
Alfred Stieglitz HonFRPS (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form.
Photography was naturally suited to representing the fast-paced cacophony that increasingly defined modern life, and attempting to cloak the medium’s natural strengths by heavily manipulating the final print fell out of favor with Stieglitz and his associates.
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 (1864 – 1946) was an advocate for the Modernist movement in the arts, and, arguably, the most important photographer of his time. A photographer, publisher, writer and gallery owner, he played a key role in the promotion and exploration of photography as an art form.
Learn how Alfred Stieglitz shaped photography as an integral part of modern art in America through his own work, journals, and galleries. Explore his stylistic evolution from Pictorialism to straight photography, and his portraits, cloud studies, and abstract images.
