“When I make a photograph, I make love.”
in 'Alfred Stieglitz' Photo notes, August 1946, p. 65
From Adams to Stieglitz' (1990)
Alfred Stieglitz war ein US-amerikanischer Fotograf, Galerist und Mäzen. Er war eine der wichtigsten Personen, die der amerikanischen Öffentlichkeit Einflüsse der europäischen Avantgarde auf die amerikanische Kunst präsentierten. Dazu nutzte er seine Tätigkeit als Herausgeber der Zeitschrift Camera Work, mit der er die Fotografie fördern und sie als Kunstform legitimieren wollte. Darüber hinaus war er Direktor der berühmten „Galerie 291“ sowie danach der „Intimate Gallery“ und „An American Place“. Sowohl in der Zeitschrift als auch den Galerien präsentierte er viele der herausragendsten Fotografien seiner Zeit. Wikipedia
“When I make a photograph, I make love.”
in 'Alfred Stieglitz' Photo notes, August 1946, p. 65
From Adams to Stieglitz' (1990)
“Photography is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.”
Alfred Stieglitz, as quoted in The Real Thing: Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940, M. Orvell (1989). p. 220
Variante: There is a reality — so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. That's what I'm trying to get down in photography.
Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries, Sarah Greenough, Washington: National Gallery of Art. 2000, pp. 26–53; as quoted on Wikipedia
in 'Alfred Stieglitz' Photo notes, August 1946, p. 65
From Adams to Stieglitz' (1990)
w:Dorothy Norman recorded a conversation between Stieglitz and a man, looking at one of his 'Equivalents' prints
Quelle: 'Minor White, A Living Remembrance', Dorothy Norman, in 'Aperture', 1984, p. 9.
'Is Photography a Failure?', Alfred Stieglitz, 'Sun: 5.', March 14, 1922; as quoted on Wikipedia
“Photography as a fad is well-nigh on its last legs, thanks principally to the bicycle craze.”
Alfred Stieglitz (1887), in the American Annual of Photography 1897.
Quelle: 'A Plea for Art Photography in America', Alfred Stieglitz, in 'Photographic Mosaics,' Vol 28, 1892: About Pictorialism.
“I am an American. Photography is my passion. The search for truth my obsession”
From Adams to Stieglitz' (1990)
Quelle: 'Alfred Stieglitz' Photo notes, August 1946, p. 65
'How I came to Photograph Clouds', Alfred Stieglitz, in 'Amateur Photographer and Photography', (19 September 1923): 255.
about his new subject: 'clouds' in his long series 'Equivalents' he started in 1922
In a letter about his 'Equivalents' to w:Hart Crane; as quoted in Photography as High Art, Hilton Kramer, (1982-12-19)., in 'New York Times'. p. 1. Retrieved 2008-12-26; as quoted on Wikipedia.
“Nearly right is child's play.”
Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries, Sarah Greenough, Washington: National Gallery of Art. 2000, pp. 26–53; as quoted on Wikipedia