Alfred stieglitz
An American photographer who introduced avant-garde style to the U.S. For photography, he said: “fascinated me, first as a toy, then as a passion, then as an obsession.” In his early state, he traveled through the European countryside, taking photographs of landscapes and peasants. This is why his work is affected by European artists a lot. He stayed in Germany until 26 and wrote his first article, “A Word or Two about Amateur Photography in Germany”.
Last Joke, Bellagio (1887) by Alfred Stieglitz
After he returned to New York with his family. After he returned to New York with his family. In 1892, Stieglitz bought his first hand-held camera, and took two of his best known images, Winter, Fifth Avenue and The Terminal. In early 1894, Stieglitz and his wife took a delayed honeymoon to France, Italy and Switzerland. Stieglitz photographed extensively on the trip, producing some of his early famous images such as A Venetian Canal, The Net Mender and A Wet Day on the Boulevard, Paris. He joined and Stieglitz turned the Camera Club’s current newsletter into a magazine and had the full control over the new publication. He led the club to be one of the the finest photographic magazine in the world.
Venetian Canal (1894) by Alfred Stieglitz
He also continued to take his own photographs. As a solid reputative a photographer, he hand-pulled a first portfolio of his own work, Picturesque Bits of New York and Other Studies and exhibited in shows in Europe and the U.S in 1897. He sold his favorite print, Winter – Fifth Avenue by very high price.
Winter – Fifth Avenue (1893) by Alfred Stieglitz
He used “Secessionists” for a newly formed group of pictorial photographers that he organized in New York. Unlike his early work often balances depictions of soft, ephemeral, natural processes with motifs drawn from American industry, his late works turning to more geometric motifs, effects of sharp focus, and high contrast, it celebrates a more mechanized phase of modern life in America.
In the final decades of his life, Stieglitz devoted his time chiefly to running his gallery. These final photographs, such as From My Window at the Shelton, North (1987.1100.11), were impressive achievements that both synthesized the various stages of his photographic development and solidified his position as the most significant figure.
Reference
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/stieglitz-alfred/artworks/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-Stieglitz
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/stieglitz-alfred/
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/51907?artist_id=5664&locale=zh&page=1&sov_referrer=artist
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1987.1100.11/
x
