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Available
Publication
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1963. Later printing
Description
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) was a major figure in the evolution of American photography and exhibition design. Having begun his artistic career as a painter, he was later a founding photographer of the Photo-Secession group, together with Gertrude Kasebier, Clarence White, Alvin Langdon Coburn, and Alfred Stieglitz. With Stieglitz, he first exhibited European "modern art" at Gallery 291 in New York City, and published the seminal journal Camera Work.
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Arguably one of the most influential American photographer of the twentieth century, this book chronicles the life of Edward Steichen through his photographs. His career spans the latter part of the nineteenth century and extended into the last quarter of the twentieth century. He was responsible
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for having photography accepted as an art form in the United States and befriended many other artists in other mediums along the way. Show Less
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Awards
Notable Books List (1963)