Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a photographer and entrepreneur in
New York city in the early 20th century. He fostered a modernist view to a group of avant-garde artists,
photographers and illustrators. He was the first in the United States to
exhibit European modernists Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso, Brancusi &
African sculpture. He instigated moving photography from its earlier
romanticism into a modernist American vision. In 1902 he founded a
break-away camera club, the Photo-Secession, to support and promote
progressive American photographers and present exhibitions of their
work. To sponsor their work he also founded a journal, Camera Work in
1903. Throughout his life he operated galleries to advance the work of
modern American artists and photographers whom he felt embodied the
essence of the American character.
1906, The Swimming Lesson, Albert Stieglitz
1910, The Pool, New Jersey, Alfred Stieglitz
We love his early water work. Oh my how times have changed in styles of swimwear.
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