Alfred Stieglitz
January 1, 1864 - July 13, 1946
Personal Background:
Alfred Stieglitz was born in New Jersey right before the end of the civil war. His family were German immigrants and they moved back to Germany in 1881 where in school Stieglitz was shown photography for the first time. He studied to be a mechanical engineer but he always had a hobby of photography.Then his sister died back in America and he moved back there, where he ended up becoming a leader in the Pictorialist movement (a fight for the legitimacy of photography in art). He made photography much more popular and and introduced America to the European modern are with his gallery, Gallery 291. He also was the editor of Camera Notes, a journal in New York. Stieglitz also married Georgia O’Keeffe and helped start her career and popularize her as an artist.
Style:
Alfred Stieglitz’s photography contains many interesting visual characteristics. His photographs were pictorial, which was the popular and modern photography style at the time. That meant they had a style that was related to painting and photography. The pictures don’t have a lot of color, and they’re faded and a little blurry. These may be in part because of the cameras used and available back in his day, but there was also editing done to the photos in the printing process. He put good use to natural features in his photos like snow, rain, and steam. He liked to make platinum prints.
Philosophy:
The major idea behind Stieglitz’s work was advocating for and about artistry in and of photography. He and a few other photographers made a group called the Photo Secession which did just that. He also took a lot of pictures of his wife. The idea behind these was his personal love and adoration and then also popularizing her, as he thought very highly of her. He also took pictures of ha
Influences:
Stieglitz has influenced my work by his use of natural elements. I like including rain and especially snow in my picture, though I haven’t had much chance to include that in my photographs so far this year. I also like how monotone his pictures. I like doing the same thing, whether it’s black and white or tinted certain color a little bit. I really like his series of hands, and if I were a photographer I would do a series like that.
Alfred Stieglitz was born in New Jersey right before the end of the civil war. His family were German immigrants and they moved back to Germany in 1881 where in school Stieglitz was shown photography for the first time. He studied to be a mechanical engineer but he always had a hobby of photography.Then his sister died back in America and he moved back there, where he ended up becoming a leader in the Pictorialist movement (a fight for the legitimacy of photography in art). He made photography much more popular and and introduced America to the European modern are with his gallery, Gallery 291. He also was the editor of Camera Notes, a journal in New York. Stieglitz also married Georgia O’Keeffe and helped start her career and popularize her as an artist.
Style:
Alfred Stieglitz’s photography contains many interesting visual characteristics. His photographs were pictorial, which was the popular and modern photography style at the time. That meant they had a style that was related to painting and photography. The pictures don’t have a lot of color, and they’re faded and a little blurry. These may be in part because of the cameras used and available back in his day, but there was also editing done to the photos in the printing process. He put good use to natural features in his photos like snow, rain, and steam. He liked to make platinum prints.
Philosophy:
The major idea behind Stieglitz’s work was advocating for and about artistry in and of photography. He and a few other photographers made a group called the Photo Secession which did just that. He also took a lot of pictures of his wife. The idea behind these was his personal love and adoration and then also popularizing her, as he thought very highly of her. He also took pictures of ha
Influences:
Stieglitz has influenced my work by his use of natural elements. I like including rain and especially snow in my picture, though I haven’t had much chance to include that in my photographs so far this year. I also like how monotone his pictures. I like doing the same thing, whether it’s black and white or tinted certain color a little bit. I really like his series of hands, and if I were a photographer I would do a series like that.
Georgia O’Keeffe Hands http://xn----7sbaav8bepog.xn--p1ai/georgia-o-keeffe-by-alfred-stieglitz.php
The Terminal http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/stgp/hd_stgp.htm
Compare and Contrast:
My images are pretty similar to the ones taken by Alfred Stieglitz. I tried to duplicate his images as close as I could.The photo of the clouds was hard because you can’t control the weather or how the clouds look at a certain time. The hand photo I took as close as possible to the original. The third picture was the front of a building and a horse drawn carriage. I knew I wouldn’t be able to duplicate that one exactly, so I made the modern version of the photo with present day cars. There’s less snow in my picture, but I thought a modern version would be interesting.
Personal Artist Statement:
My images tell a story of today. They show the modern world. Many things are different from when Alfred Stieglitz was alive as I portrayed in my photograph of the building and car. But even though some things are different, some things are actually the same, which it was I was trying to portray with my hand and cloud pictures. We still have clouds in the sky, and people still sew. I tried to include lots of texture and value in the picture I was taking. I also included framing and the balancing of elements in my photographs.
My images are pretty similar to the ones taken by Alfred Stieglitz. I tried to duplicate his images as close as I could.The photo of the clouds was hard because you can’t control the weather or how the clouds look at a certain time. The hand photo I took as close as possible to the original. The third picture was the front of a building and a horse drawn carriage. I knew I wouldn’t be able to duplicate that one exactly, so I made the modern version of the photo with present day cars. There’s less snow in my picture, but I thought a modern version would be interesting.
Personal Artist Statement:
My images tell a story of today. They show the modern world. Many things are different from when Alfred Stieglitz was alive as I portrayed in my photograph of the building and car. But even though some things are different, some things are actually the same, which it was I was trying to portray with my hand and cloud pictures. We still have clouds in the sky, and people still sew. I tried to include lots of texture and value in the picture I was taking. I also included framing and the balancing of elements in my photographs.