Stieglitz and Curtis
Two important photographers of the Pictorialism Era are Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Curtis.
Stieglitz was one of the primary forces behind recognizing photography as a fine art, and not just a craft. He founded an important gallery in New York City that showed the latest trends in fine art, as well as in photography. He later founded the photography section of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He started out doing Pictorialism, and later did "Straight" photography.
Here is a video about his life:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nc6hHSyxv8&app=desktop
Edward Curtis lived in Seattle at a time when the frontier was disappearing. He became very interested in capturing Native American life before their traditions disappeared. This resulted in a landmark books "The North American Indian".
Here is a video about him and that work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3zuiC1NdFA
Stieglitz was one of the primary forces behind recognizing photography as a fine art, and not just a craft. He founded an important gallery in New York City that showed the latest trends in fine art, as well as in photography. He later founded the photography section of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He started out doing Pictorialism, and later did "Straight" photography.
Here is a video about his life:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nc6hHSyxv8&app=desktop
Edward Curtis lived in Seattle at a time when the frontier was disappearing. He became very interested in capturing Native American life before their traditions disappeared. This resulted in a landmark books "The North American Indian".
Here is a video about him and that work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3zuiC1NdFA
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