Alfred Stieglitz tried to CHANGE the point of view of American photographers. Taking pictures of poor horses pulling charriots through the deep Manhattan snow. Noticing the poor people on a cruise ship to Europe. He liked provocation too: Some of his exhibitions got some trouble, because he presented nudes. Stieglitz HAS changed the goals of photography world wide, not only in America.
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I’ve written some book reviews for amazon, where I introduced a Stieglitz-quotation, he once said: “When I look back to those early days when the Flat Iron Building was such a passion of mine, I think of my father, who said to me, ALFRED HOW CAN YOU PHOTOGRAPH THAT HIDEOUS BUILDING? – Why Pa, I answered, it is not hideous. That’s the new America. That building is to America, what the PARTHENON was to Greece. MY FATHER WAS HORRIFIED.“
photo above, featuring the Flat Iron Building, Manhattan: by frizztext; my comment: if the PARTHENON was / is part of an old ICONOGRAPHY – what should be the elements of a MODERN ICONOGRAPHY? The Flat Iron Building? Or in the meantime the destroyed WTC-TWINS? Or, more than any architecture, the portraits of modern human beings? If you are not sure, what I mean, maybe you like to visit my photo group MODERN ICONOGRAPHY at http://www.flickr.com/groups/modern_iconography/
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both photos sent to my group BLOG IT by Erik Anestad – click on the pictures to enter his flickr galleries! The first photo is the famous one by Steichen, the second a cover by Erik Anestad
more than one hour video at youtube featuring:
Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye (1999)
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