Stieglitz: a memoir/biography

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This memoir/biography of American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) provides a portrait that both traces his background and reveals the interplay between his character and his multi-faceted career. Stieglitz was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form. The author, Stieglitz's grand-niece, presents the man in all of his complexity, tracing his background and revealing the interplay between his character and his multifaceted career. She offers new insight into Stieglitz's relationships with artists such as Marin, Hartley, Dove, Steichen, and O'Keefe; his pioneering promotion of Europe's most radical artists through the Photo-Secession group and the 291 gallery; and his creation of some of our century's most enduring photographic images. Gracefully weaving personal reminiscence and verifiable fact, she interweaves Stieglitz's career with his personal life.

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Reaching for the Camera 1848-1882 -- The Picture, the Word, and the Public 1883-1913 -- Portraits and Paintings 1914-1929 -- Equivalents and After 1930-1946 -- Camera Work, 1903-1917 -- Exhibitions arranged by Stieglitz, 1902-1946 -- Major Stieglitz collections -- Stieglitz Statement, 1921 -- Stieglitz Photo Equipment -- Photo-Secession Statement and Members -- Members of Linked Ring, New Society of American Artists in Paris, International Union of Art Photographers -- Royal Photographic Society Progress Medal (Citation) -- Map of Stieglitz property at Lake George -- Modified family tree.