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Edward Steichen

Pioneer of fashion photography and MoMA's photography director.

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Edward Steichen

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Between 1923 and 1938, Steichen was the lead photographer for Condé Nast's publications, and during that period he was considered the most popular and highest-paid photographer globally.[1][2]

Life and work

He began a four-year lithography apprenticeship in Milwaukee at age fifteen and bought his first camera in 1895.[3][4] Steichen bought a farm called Umpawaug in Connecticut in 1928 and lived there until his death on March 25, 1973.[5] Born Éduard Jean Steichen on March 27, 1879, in Bivange, Luxembourg, he moved to the United States when he was one and a half years old.[6] In 1900, Steichen met Alfred Stieglitz in New York; Stieglitz purchased three of his prints, and later they jointly founded the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession.[7][8]

In 1923, Condé Nast hired him, and he subsequently became the best-known and highest-paid commercial photographer of his era.[9][10]

What the cited sources add

The Art Institute of Chicago states that Steichen entered active duty in 1917 aiming to be a photographic reporter like Mathew Brady.[10] The Harry Ransom Center inventory records that Steichen’s personal collection of 8,000 naval photographs was distributed after his death by Tom Maloney.[11] The National Park Service account confirms that Steichen’s sister Lilian was born in Hancock, Michigan on May 1, 1883.[12] The Art Story states that after his service in the first Great War, Steichen gave up pictorialism and painting and turned to straight photography.[4]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Edward Steichen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hurley, "A Staggering Revolution: A Cultural History of Thirties Photography", Journal of American History, 2006-12-01, p. 921–922; Hurley, "A Staggering Revolution: A Cultural History of Thirties Photography", Journal of American History, 2006-12-01, p. 921–922 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Edward Steichen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Edward Steichen", Art Institute of Chicago, n.d. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Edward Steichen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Faram, Mark D. (2009), Faces of War: The Untold Story of Edward Steichen's WWII Photographers Penguin. p. 15–16.; Gedrim, Ronald J. (1996), Edward Steichen: Selected Texts and Bibliography. Oxford, UK: Clio Press. , p. xiii.; Niven (1997), p. 28.; Niven (1997), p. 29.; Niven (1997), p. 42.; Gedrim, Ronald J. (1996), Edward Steichen: Selected Texts and Bibliography. Oxford, UK: Clio Press. , p. xiii.; "Edward Steichen", The Art Story (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. "Edward Steichen", The Art Story. facts only, no text reused. theartstory.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Edward Steichen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Niven (1997), p. 530.; Niven (1997), p. 698.; Prevost, Lisa, "An Upscale Town with Upcountry Style,"New York Times, 3 January 1999.; Town of Redding, "Town of Redding – Topstone Park", Townofreddingct.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Edward Steichen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Niven, Penelope (1997), Steichen: A Biography. New York: Clarkson Potter. , p. 4. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Edward Steichen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Niven, Penelope (1997), Steichen: A Biography. New York: Clarkson Potter. , p. 74.; Niven (1997), p. 75. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Edward Steichen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bloom! Experiments in Color Photography by Edward Steichen. A Selection from George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film", MUDAM, 2007; Samels, Zoë, "Edward Steichen", National Gallery of Art, 29 September 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Edward Steichen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hardesty, "Camera Aloft: Edward Steichen in the Great War", Cambridge University Press, 2015, p. 147; "Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography", The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018, p. 29 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. "Edward Steichen", Art Institute of Chicago, n.d.. facts only, no text reused. artic.edu
  11. Bristol, "Edward Steichen. An Inventory of His Naval Aviation Photographic Unit Photographs at the Harry Ransom Center", norman.hrc.utexas.edu. facts only, no text reused. norman.hrc.utexas.edu
  12. "Lilian "Paula" Sandburg", National Park Service. facts only, no text reused. nps.gov

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