![]() Stieglitz considered himself an artist, but he refused to sell his photographs. In 1890, his sister Flora died while giving birth, and Stieglitz returned to New York. The next year he won both first and second prizes in the same competition, and his reputation began to spread as several German and British photographic magazines published his work. He won first place for his photography, The Last Joke, Bellagio, in 1887 from Amateur Photographer. He then wrote articles on the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography for magazines in England and Germany. In 1887, he wrote his very first article, "A Word or Two about Amateur Photography in Germany", for the new magazine The Amateur Photographer. Through his self-study, he saw photography as an art form. Photography, he later wrote, "fascinated me, first as a toy, then as a passion, then as an obsession." He took photographs of landscapes and workers in the countryside. ![]() His family moved back to the USA in 1884 but he stayed in Europe.He bought his first camera, an 8 × 10 plate film camera, and traveled through the Netherlands, Italy and Germany. In 1881 his family moved to Europe in order to provide their children a better education. He was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe. ![]() In addition to his photography, Stieglitz was known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S. PLEASE NOTE - SEE SAMPLES OF PHOTOS AFTER BIOGRAPHY SECTIONĪlfred Stieglitz (Janu– July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form.
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