The Steerage and Alfred Stieglitz |
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Author:
| Francisco, Jason McCauley, Elizabeth Anne |
Introduction by:
| Lee, Anthony W. |
Series title: | Defining Moments in Photography Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-520-26623-0 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
Publisher: | University of California Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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When, in 1907, Alfred Stieglitz took a simple picture of passengers on a ship bound for Europe, he could not have known that
The Steerage, as it was soon called, would become a modernist icon and, from today_s vantage, arguably the most famous photograph made by an American photographer. In complementary essays, a photo historian and a photographer reassess this important picture, rediscovering the complex social and aesthetic ideas that informed it and explaining how over...
More DescriptionWhen, in 1907, Alfred Stieglitz took a simple picture of passengers on a ship bound for Europe, he could not have known that The Steerage, as it was soon called, would become a modernist icon and, from today_s vantage, arguably the most famous photograph made by an American photographer. In complementary essays, a photo historian and a photographer reassess this important picture, rediscovering the complex social and aesthetic ideas that informed it and explaining how over the years it has achieved its status as a masterpiece. What aspects of Stieglitz_s ideas and sometimes-murky ambitions help us understand the picture_s achievements? How should we assess the photograph in relation to Stieglitz_s many writings about it? The authors of this book explore what The Steerage might mean in at least two senses_by itself, as a grand and self-sufficient work, and also ineluctably bound up with the many stories told about it. They make the photograph, today, what Stieglitz himself made it over the years_a photo-text work.