Sometime in late 1892, Alfred Stieglitz bought his first “handheld” camera (a 4×5 large-format film camera). What do your photos say about you? Why do you make photos? What are you trying to say about the world? What is unique about your perspective?ĭon’t think about your photography as “art” - only your subjective vision and interpretation of the world.Įxpress yourself through your images. And, if so, you are a greater artist than the majority of the painters whose work is shown in the art galleries of today.” – Alfred Stieglitz They are only different media for the individual to express his aesthetic feelings… You do not have to be a painter or a sculptor to be an artist. Neither is painting, nor sculpture, literature or music. Rather, Stieglitz was more interested in self-expression, not art. Therefore many photographers during the time would try to make photos look like paintings- to have it taken more “seriously.”Īlfred Stieglitz made this bold claim in saying that photography wasn’t art - but neither was anything else. Express your aesthetic feelings through your photographyĭuring the time of Alfred Stieglitz, photography wasn’t seen as a real “art.” The snobs of the time looked down at photography. Then after shooting your photo, post-process to express your creative vision. Imagine what you want the final product to look like. Shoot only when you feel moved- mentally, visually, or spiritually.Īlso before you take a photo, pre-visualize it. How do you know what to photograph? Shoot what excites you. Then after you made a photo of a scene, you would print it how you pre-visualized it in your mind. I make the photograph and print it as the equivalent of what I saw and felt.” – Alfred StieglitzĪlfred Stieglitz was really big into the idea of “pre-visualization” - meaning, you would pre-visualize your photograph in your mind before shooting it. “I go out into the world with my camera and come across something that excites me emotionally, spiritually or aesthetically. What are some practical lessons we can learn from him? This is what I learned from him - and what you can learn for yourself: 1. Modern photography might not be around if it weren’t for him. He innovated with his photo publication: “Camera Work” and helped build a community of photography enthusiasts. Stieglitz put his entire life on the line to help promote photography. If you went to art or photography school, you definitely know about Alfred Stieglitz- the photographer, editor, curator, and promoter of photography.ĭuring his time in the early days of photography, photography wasn’t taken as a serious “art.” It was looked down on by others.
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