APERTURE MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Alfred Stieglitz

Judul/Title: Aperture Masters Of Photography
Penulis/Author: Alfred Stieglitz
Penerbit/Publisher: Konemann
Edisi/Edition: 1997
Halaman/Pages: 95
Dimensi/Dimension: 15 x 23 x 0.5cm
Sampul/Cover: Hardcover

Bahasa/Language: English
Call No.: 771.3/Sti/a/C.1

Status: Ada/Available

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Alfred Stiegliz was one of the most important cultural forces in twentieth-century America. He described himself in 1921 as an American. Photography is my passion. The search for truth my obsession. As a photographer, editor, and gallery director, Stieglitz was a powerful-often domineering-influence on photography and art. As founder of the Photo-Secession movement and editor ot the influential Camera work, he eschewed the prevailing "artiness" of pictorialist photography, preferring a clarity of vision, a crystalized awareness." In galleries such as 291 and An Place which he directed, he introduced modern artists from this country and Europe.

His own work was a seminal force, inspiring cultlike devotion; the noted curator and scholar Anandar Coomaraswamy said of Stieglitz, "His art is absolute the way Bach's music is absolute." He is best known for his winter scenes in New York and Paris, his luminous landscapes at Lake George, his portraits of Georgia O'Keefe and Dorothy Norman, and his elusive Equivalents. His study of the expressiveness of forms and the subtleties of light won him great acclaim.

Alfred Stieglitz presents forty-one of the artist's most significant photographs, spanning his career. Photographer Dorothy Norman, Stieglitz's close associate and working partner, has written an intimate and comprehensive text.