Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

Le livre

This latest volume in the acclaimed In Focus series examines the life and work of Alfred Stieglitz, concentrating on the Getty Museums considerable holdings of the work of this American master. In his studies of his wife, Georgia OKeefe, in his portraits of the urban scene, and in hispictures of natural form, Stieglitz defined the modern movement on photography. In his periodical Camera Work he championed photography as an art form; in his famous gallery An American Place, he promoted the work of other American modernists. Fifty reproductions with commentaries by WestonNaef, the Gettys curator of photographs, represent both the range of the Gettys collection and the importance of Stieglitzs contribution. The book also includes an edited colloquium on Stieglitzs life and work. Participants included Emmit Gowin, Sarah Greenough, Charles Hagen, John Szarkowski, and Weston Naef.