Alfred Stieglitz and the photo-secession

Abstract

Draws upon interviews and other unpublished material to examine the careers of Eduard Steichen, Gertrude Käsebier, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Clarence White, and others. Tells how their union known as the Photo-Secession under the leadership of Alred Stieglitz changed the course of American photography.

Contents

The young Stieglitz : the formation of his photographic credo -- Stieglitz and American photography : the beginnings of the crusade -- Amateur photography in Europe : organizations and salons -- Stieglitz, Day, and the development of an American school -- Stieglitz and the American salon movement -- The secessionist spirit -- The emergence of the Photo-Secession -- The major Photo-Secessionists, I : Käsebier, White, Keiley -- The major Photo-Secessionists, II : Steichen, Eugene, Coburn -- Camera Work and the growth of the Photo-Secession -- The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession -- Expanding the Photo-Secession : Brigman and Seeley -- Photography and modern art : new directions at 291 -- The International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography of 1910 -- Struss, Stieglitz, and alternative views of pictorial photography -- Epilogue -- Appendix I : processes of pictorial photography -- Appendix II : members of the Photo-Secession.