Person
Alfred Stieglitz
Photographer, gallerist and editor who campaigned for photography’s admission to the fine arts through Camera Work and the 291 gallery.
Writing that references this work:
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How Photography Became Art—and Who Got to Decide
The camera made authorship difficult to see. Courts, critics and museums responded by treating pose, timing, printing and selection as evidence of an artist. Their answer admitted photography into art…
