Photography emerged as an art form in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Especially significant in this development was the work of Alfred Stieglitz.His critics said that he was one of the first photographers to realize "the vast photographic potential of the energy and rapid growth of a city".
His photography showed a gritty and realistic view of the city: industrialization, urbanization and polarized social classes. His travels through Europe provided him with an opportunity to photograph the newest artwork and bring the images back to the USA>
Read the PBS American Masters Transcript. Look through the timeline and other tabs at the top of the screen.
He is considered a master of THE GILDED AGE in the USA...the era between the Civil War and WWI.
The Gilded Age in America on Smarthistory gives you a background of painters (John Singer Sargent and James Abbott McNeill Whistler) working in this era.
In 1916 he meets Georgia O'Keefe who later becomes his wife. More about HER in the next post.
1907 The Steerage is his most enduring work (LEFT IMAGE).
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