Sunday, November 26, 2017

Photography Book: Georgia O'Keefe, a portrait by Alfred Stieglitz




An edition of this book appears to still be in publication. Mine was printed in 1978. According to O'Keefe, she first wandered into the gallery "291" in 1908. Over the years a rapport blossomed with the proprietor, Mr. Steiglitz until, in 1917, he made his first photograph of her. Stieglitz's idea of a "portrait" was not that it should be a single image, but a study over a long period of time showing multiple aspects of his subject. This is a book of fifty photographs made between 1917 and 1933 chosen by Georgia O'Keefe for a showing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.. This collection shows the evolution of Stieglitz's photographic style and is a study of the decades-long relationship between Stieglitz and O'Keefe, two great artistic talents.

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