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would later make his mark as exhibition of 600 pictorial photographs photography had gained a solid foothold in
arguably the world s first
selected from more than 4,000 candidates. Europe. However, it was in the United
great fashion photographer.
In 1893, three other major pictorial States that pictorialism came to full flower.
exhibitions took place in Europe. The Much of it was due to the contributions of
Linked Ring mounted what would one man. His name was Alfred Stieglitz; he
become an annual series of artistic photog- became legendary not only for the pho-
raphy shows. Robert Demachy and the tographs he took but for the organization he
English photographer Alfred Maskell pre- founded, the galleries he established,and the
sented an exhibition of prints they had two publications he edited. It was through
made using the gum-bichromate process. all of these that Stieglitz introduced the
And the Kunsthalle Museum in Hamburg, work of scores of fellow American and for-
Germany, organized a First International eign pictorial photographers to the world,
Exhibition of Amateur Photographers. If and introduced the newest developments in
the art world had been astounded by the modern art to the United States.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
P H O T O G R A P H Y / A N I L L U S T R A T E D H I S T O R Y " 6 4
Edited by Alfred Stieglitz,the
journal Camera Notes brought
the work of many of the earliest
pictorialists to the attention of
the public.Published from 1897
to 1903,it also contained arti-
cles written by leading Photo-
Secessionists and critics.
Image Not Available
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Stieglitz
received his university education in Ger-
many, where he studied engineering. He
learned some of the technical principles of
photography in a physics and chemistry
course, but his involvement in photography
really began only after he spotted an inex-
pensive camera in a shop window in Berlin
and purchased it.After taking only a few
previous subject-oriented photographic
pictures he realized that he was much more
movements.
interested in photography than he was in
Soon after its founding, the organization
pursuing an engineering career.
introduced its own publication,called Cam-
When he returned to the United States,
era Work. For the next 15 years, Stieglitz
Stieglitz was amazed to find how popular
edited and personally solicited all the
photography had become since he had left
images for the journal, establishing it as the
for Europe. He was particularly taken with
most widely read photographic publication
the artistic approach that an increasing
of its day. Stieglitz and other members of
number of American photographers were
the Photo-Secession also opened what Alfred Stieglitz.Photo-Secession
beginning to take. He felt, however, that
exhibition,1906.
became one of America s most important
these photographers were not gaining the
The Little Galleries of the Photo-
art galleries. Its official name was The Little
recognition that they deserved. In 1886 he Secession became one of the most visit-
Galleries of the Photo-Secession, but it was
ed photographic galleries in the United
joined the Camera Club of New York. He
commonly referred to as 291, since it was
States.Its permanent exhibitions
soon became editor of the club s journal
located at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York
included the work of leading pictorial-
and turned it into a publication titled Cam-
City. The gallery proudly displayed the ists from around the world.
era Notes. In its pages Stieglitz published
photographs by pictorialists from both the
United States and abroad.The journal also
contained articles extolling the virtues of
artistic photography and describing its vari-
ous characteristics.
Although Camera Notes soon became
the nation s leading champion of pictorial-
Image Not Available
ism, Stieglitz was upset with the way that
certain members of the camera club were
voicing their opposition to the movement.
In 1902 he resigned from the club and he
and a group of other photographers found-
ed an organization they called the Photo-
Secession.They chose that name because to
them it meant a breaking away from all
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
P H O T O G R A P H Y A S A R T " 6 5
Alfred Stieglitz.Paula, 1899.
Stieglitz s mastery of light and
shadow marks most of his pho-
tographs. Photography, stated
Stieglitz, is my passion.The
search for truth my obsession.
paintings and sculptures by artists whose
work featured new techniques in visual
expression. Among these artists were Euro-
peans such as Pablo Picasso, Georges
Braque, Paul Cessna, and Auguste Rodin,
Image Not Available
and Americans such as Georgia O Keeffe,
John Marin, and Arthur Dove. Modern art
was the primary feature of two later gal-
leries that Stieglitz operated in the 1920s
and 1930s.
In his own photography, Stieglitz
evolved from his early pictorialist style to
an uncompromising straight approach that
characterizes his finest work. He recog-
nized this development in others too, and
gave Paul Strand who was to become
one of the major American photographic
artists of the 20th century his first major
exhibition,at 291.
work of established pictorialists and intro- Alfred Stieglitz was always on the hunt
duced the images of still-unheralded artistic for photographic talent. One of his earliest
photographers. discoveries, at the beginning of the Photo-
Through its art gallery and its publica- Secession, was a young man destined to
tions the Photo-Secession profoundly become as famous as Stieglitz himself. His
influenced photography in America and name was Edward Steichen. As a young
abroad. Pictorialists, both amateur and pro- man in Milwaukee,Wisconsin, Steichen [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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would later make his mark as exhibition of 600 pictorial photographs photography had gained a solid foothold in
arguably the world s first
selected from more than 4,000 candidates. Europe. However, it was in the United
great fashion photographer.
In 1893, three other major pictorial States that pictorialism came to full flower.
exhibitions took place in Europe. The Much of it was due to the contributions of
Linked Ring mounted what would one man. His name was Alfred Stieglitz; he
become an annual series of artistic photog- became legendary not only for the pho-
raphy shows. Robert Demachy and the tographs he took but for the organization he
English photographer Alfred Maskell pre- founded, the galleries he established,and the
sented an exhibition of prints they had two publications he edited. It was through
made using the gum-bichromate process. all of these that Stieglitz introduced the
And the Kunsthalle Museum in Hamburg, work of scores of fellow American and for-
Germany, organized a First International eign pictorial photographers to the world,
Exhibition of Amateur Photographers. If and introduced the newest developments in
the art world had been astounded by the modern art to the United States.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
P H O T O G R A P H Y / A N I L L U S T R A T E D H I S T O R Y " 6 4
Edited by Alfred Stieglitz,the
journal Camera Notes brought
the work of many of the earliest
pictorialists to the attention of
the public.Published from 1897
to 1903,it also contained arti-
cles written by leading Photo-
Secessionists and critics.
Image Not Available
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Stieglitz
received his university education in Ger-
many, where he studied engineering. He
learned some of the technical principles of
photography in a physics and chemistry
course, but his involvement in photography
really began only after he spotted an inex-
pensive camera in a shop window in Berlin
and purchased it.After taking only a few
previous subject-oriented photographic
pictures he realized that he was much more
movements.
interested in photography than he was in
Soon after its founding, the organization
pursuing an engineering career.
introduced its own publication,called Cam-
When he returned to the United States,
era Work. For the next 15 years, Stieglitz
Stieglitz was amazed to find how popular
edited and personally solicited all the
photography had become since he had left
images for the journal, establishing it as the
for Europe. He was particularly taken with
most widely read photographic publication
the artistic approach that an increasing
of its day. Stieglitz and other members of
number of American photographers were
the Photo-Secession also opened what Alfred Stieglitz.Photo-Secession
beginning to take. He felt, however, that
exhibition,1906.
became one of America s most important
these photographers were not gaining the
The Little Galleries of the Photo-
art galleries. Its official name was The Little
recognition that they deserved. In 1886 he Secession became one of the most visit-
Galleries of the Photo-Secession, but it was
ed photographic galleries in the United
joined the Camera Club of New York. He
commonly referred to as 291, since it was
States.Its permanent exhibitions
soon became editor of the club s journal
located at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York
included the work of leading pictorial-
and turned it into a publication titled Cam-
City. The gallery proudly displayed the ists from around the world.
era Notes. In its pages Stieglitz published
photographs by pictorialists from both the
United States and abroad.The journal also
contained articles extolling the virtues of
artistic photography and describing its vari-
ous characteristics.
Although Camera Notes soon became
the nation s leading champion of pictorial-
Image Not Available
ism, Stieglitz was upset with the way that
certain members of the camera club were
voicing their opposition to the movement.
In 1902 he resigned from the club and he
and a group of other photographers found-
ed an organization they called the Photo-
Secession.They chose that name because to
them it meant a breaking away from all
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
P H O T O G R A P H Y A S A R T " 6 5
Alfred Stieglitz.Paula, 1899.
Stieglitz s mastery of light and
shadow marks most of his pho-
tographs. Photography, stated
Stieglitz, is my passion.The
search for truth my obsession.
paintings and sculptures by artists whose
work featured new techniques in visual
expression. Among these artists were Euro-
peans such as Pablo Picasso, Georges
Braque, Paul Cessna, and Auguste Rodin,
Image Not Available
and Americans such as Georgia O Keeffe,
John Marin, and Arthur Dove. Modern art
was the primary feature of two later gal-
leries that Stieglitz operated in the 1920s
and 1930s.
In his own photography, Stieglitz
evolved from his early pictorialist style to
an uncompromising straight approach that
characterizes his finest work. He recog-
nized this development in others too, and
gave Paul Strand who was to become
one of the major American photographic
artists of the 20th century his first major
exhibition,at 291.
work of established pictorialists and intro- Alfred Stieglitz was always on the hunt
duced the images of still-unheralded artistic for photographic talent. One of his earliest
photographers. discoveries, at the beginning of the Photo-
Through its art gallery and its publica- Secession, was a young man destined to
tions the Photo-Secession profoundly become as famous as Stieglitz himself. His
influenced photography in America and name was Edward Steichen. As a young
abroad. Pictorialists, both amateur and pro- man in Milwaukee,Wisconsin, Steichen [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]