New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Lower Manhattan from Camera Work, no. 36

Artist Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1868 - 1949)

CultureAmerican

Date1910-October 1911

MediumPhotogravure

DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (16.2 x 19.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 3/16 × 11 15/16 in. (20.8 × 30.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 3/16 × 20 1/16 in. (41.1 × 51 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund and Art Purchase Funds

Object number83.157.5

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a photogravure page; part of a larger work.

Label TextAlfred Stieglitz American (1864-1946) Lower Manhattan from Camera Work No. 36, October 1911 Photogravure Purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund and Art Purchase Fund 83.157.5 Both as a photographer and an advocate, Stieglitz was one of the most important figures in 20th-century photography and art in general. In his own work, as in Camera Work, the influential magazine he founded and edited from 1902 until 1917, Stieglitz concentrated first on the emulation of painterly effects, then evolved into a clearer, less manipulative style in his portraits, urban studies, and landscapes. Considered "the father of modern photography," Stieglitz was instrumental in garnering acceptance for the medium.Exhibition HistoryCAMERA WORK, April-June 1984 Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, June 15 to July 30, 1995. "History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001.