Cover From Camera Work, No. 2
Artist
Edward Jean Steichen
(American, 1879-1973)
Publisher
Alfred Stieglitz
(American, 1868 - 1949)
CultureAmerican
DateApril 1903
MediumEmbossed printing on gray-green paper
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 x 9 in. (31.8 x 22.9 cm)
PortfolioCamera Work No. 2
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number89.103
Not on view
DescriptionThis is the cover for the issue and contains no photogravures. This volume is missing JUDGMENT OF PARIS.Label TextEdward Steichen American, 1879–1973 Cover design for Camera Work, 1903 Embossed printing on gray-green paper Chrysler Museum of Art, Museum purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds 89.103 Camera Work American, 1903–17 The trendsetting quarterly Camera Work reviewed all types of artmaking, but its primary goal was to promote photography as fine art. Each issue featured essays, many written by its editor, Alfred Stieglitz, and other photographers, as well as high-quality photogravure images, printed on tissue paper and carefully tipped into the journal by hand. These photographers worked in a style, known as Pictorialism, that was in dialogue with Impressionism and other modern art movements. Many images used soft focus and lighting to create a hazy, dreamlike atmosphere. Artists carefully organized the props, costumes, and poses of their models, and beautiful women in garden settings were an especially popular theme. Like the paintings in this exhibition, Camera Work offered idealized images of domestic beauty and encouraged the cultivation of gardens as spaces for leisure and creativity. Exhibition History"The Old Order and The New: P. H. Emerson and Photography, 1885-1895," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., July 2 - November 16, 2008. "The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 16 - September 6, 2015.
