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|caption = Alfred Stieglitz, self-portrait, ca. 1894
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|birth_place = Hoboken, New Jersey, US
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'''Alfred Stieglitz''' (1864 – 1946) was an American photographer and promoter of photography as art. In early history of photography he represents ''pictorialist'' movement. There is no standard definition of the term, but but in general it refers to a style in which the photographer has somehow manipulated what would otherwise be a straightforward photograph as a means of "creating" an image rather than simply recording it.
 
'''Alfred Stieglitz''' (1864 – 1946) was an American photographer and promoter of photography as art. In early history of photography he represents ''pictorialist'' movement. There is no standard definition of the term, but but in general it refers to a style in which the photographer has somehow manipulated what would otherwise be a straightforward photograph as a means of "creating" an image rather than simply recording it.
  
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
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;Articles and books about Stieglitz
 
* Ya'ara Gil Glazer, "A new kind of history? The challenges of contemporary histories of photography", ''Journal of Art Historiography'', no. 3, December 2010 [http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/media_183179_en.pdf].
 
* Ya'ara Gil Glazer, "A new kind of history? The challenges of contemporary histories of photography", ''Journal of Art Historiography'', no. 3, December 2010 [http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/media_183179_en.pdf].
  

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Alfred Stieglitz, self-portrait, ca. 1894
Born January 1, 1864(1864-01-01)
Hoboken, New Jersey, US
Died July 12, 1946(1946-07-12) (aged 82)
New York, US

Alfred Stieglitz (1864 – 1946) was an American photographer and promoter of photography as art. In early history of photography he represents pictorialist movement. There is no standard definition of the term, but but in general it refers to a style in which the photographer has somehow manipulated what would otherwise be a straightforward photograph as a means of "creating" an image rather than simply recording it.


Literature

Articles and books about Stieglitz
  • Ya'ara Gil Glazer, "A new kind of history? The challenges of contemporary histories of photography", Journal of Art Historiography, no. 3, December 2010 [1].

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