Person

Paul Strand

Photographer central to the turn from Pictorialism toward straight photography and its claim to a specifically photographic way of seeing.


Writing that references this work:

  • 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…

    How Photography Became Art—and Who Got to Decide