Alfred Stieglitz was a pioneering American photographer and modern art promoter. He was born in 1864 to a wealthy family in New Jersey and studied engineering in Germany. Stieglitz helped establish photography as a fine art through his galleries and publications. He championed modernist artists like Georgia O'Keeffe, who he married in 1924. Stieglitz took many photographs of O'Keeffe and landscapes that made him renowned as an early modern artist in photography.

1. Alfred Stieglitz . (1934). [online image]. Retrieved on January 26, 2011, from http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/summerwork/images/Cunningham,%20Imogen/ Alfred Stieglitz By: Carly Cooper

2. He was born on January 1, 1864 in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was born into a very wealthy family. In 1881 his family took him to Germany for schooling. His studies revolved around engineering. Who was Alfred?

3. Stieglitz, A. (1892). The Terminal. [online image] Retrieved on January 27, 2011 from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/58.577.11 Stieglitz, A. (1907). Steerage . [online image] Retrieved on January 27, 2011 from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/33.43.419 The Terminal Steerage

4. He spent an undetermined amount of time studying with photo chemist Hermann Vogel. He returned to the U.S. in 1890 in which he started shooting his first successful photographs. ~~~~~~~

5. Stieglitz, A. (1915). From the Back Window, 291. [online image] Retrieved on January 27, 2011 from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/49.55.35 Stieglitz, A. (1918). Georgia O’Keeffe. [online image] Retrieved on January 27, 2011 from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1997.61.25 Stieglitz, A. (1921). Georgia O’Keeffe. [online image] Retrieved on January 31, 2011 from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1997.61.19 From the Back Window Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe

6. Alfred Stieglitz is mostly known as being an advocate for the Modernist Movement in the arts, art dealer, publisher, and pretty much the most important photographer of his time. In 1887 he won both first and second prizes in the “Holiday Work” competition of the English journal Amateur Photographer . What Did He Do?

7. Stieglitz, A. (1926). Equivalent. [photo image] Retrieved on January 31, 2011 from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/49.55.29 Stieglitz, A. (1932). Looking Northwest from the Shelton. [photo image] Retrieved on January 31, 2011 from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1987.1100.11 Stieglitz, A. (1918). Georgia O’Keefe’s Hands. [online image] Retrieved on January 31, 2011 from http://lushlight.tumblr.com/post/706148233/stronder-mudwerks-anneyhall-georgia Equivalent Looking Northwest from the Shelton Georgia O'Keeffe's Hands

8. Stieglitz believed that photography should be considered a fine art and soon became a leader of photography’s fine-art movement in the United States. He helped start a organization called the Photo-secession. This group strived to make photography considered an art form. ~~~~~~~

9. Stieglitz, A. (no date). Paris. Retrieved on January 31, 2011 from http://daystarvisions.com/Docs/Tuts/Meta/pg1.html Paris

10. As the year 1905 was coming to an end, Stieglitz opened up the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, also known as 291. Stieglitz soon became popular in the art world. In 1910, he was offered an entire space in the Albright Gallery of Buffalo, New York to do an exhibition on photography. More on Alfred

11. Stieglitz, A. (1929). Georgia O’Keeffe. [online image] Retrieved on January 31, 2011 from http://www.museumsyndicate.com/item.php?item=5418 Georgia O'Keeffe Stieglitz, A. (1889). Paula Berlin. [online image] Received on January31, 2011 from http://www.geh.org/taschen/htmlsrc15/m197400520040_ful.html Paula, Berlin

12. In his early 50’s, he dropped the role of being editor, publisher, and gallery proprietor and started photographing the pictures that make him known as a modern artist. In 1917, Alfred met the painter and soon-to-be lover, Georgia O’Keeffe. They were married in 1924. Most of Alfred’s photographs soon became portraits of O’Keeffe. He also shot a lot of cloud formations, New York skylines, and surroundings of his summer home. ~~~~~~~

13. Stieglitz, A. (1894). Black Forest Peasant Girl . [online image] Retrieved on January 31, 2011 from http://www.clarkart.edu/museum/collections/photographs/content.cfm?ID=59&marker=2&start=2 Stieglitz, A. (1918.) Georgia O’Keeffe . [photo image] Retrieved on January 31, 2011 from http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/g/Georgia_O%2527Keeffe.htm Stieglitz, A. (1920). Georgia O’Keeffe . [online image] Retrieved on January 31, 2011 from http://ratneshsaxena.blogspot.com/2008/07/photographic-quote-alfred-stieglitz.html Black Forest Peasant Girl Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe

14. He stopped photographing in 1937. Stieglitz also continued his efforts to support and exhibit Modernist art. He closed 291 and then opened two additional galleries: the Intimate Gallery and An American Place He died in the year 1946. Georgia O'Keeffe

15. http://www.biography.com/articles/Alfred-Stieglitz-9495147 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/566170/Alfred-Stieglitz Work Cited...