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Between 1903
and 1917, Alfred Stieglitz produced 50
issues of Camera Work.
It should be
required reading
for every student of photography!
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The stage was set in the first issue when
Stieglitz wrote
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"Only examples of such work as
gives evidence of individuality
and artistic worth, regardless of
school, or contains some
exceptional feature of technical
merit, or such as exemplifies
some treatment worthy of
consideration, will find
recognition in these pages."
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What followed was a chronicle of a remarkable
period in the history of art and photography.
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"Camera Work was a major force
in the fight to have photography
accepted as a medium of artistic
expression." Shaw wrote for it;
it had the first published piece
by Gertrude Stein. Paul Strand,
the noted photographer, reflected
the opinion of many when he said
that "the whole development of
photography has been given to the
world through CAMERA WORK."
"This volume reproduces
chronologically all the
photographs and other
illustrations (except for
advertisements) that ever
appeared in Camera Work. Here are
some of the finest and best-known
works by American and European
artists and photographers -
numerous photos by Eduard
Steiclien, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul
Strand, Alvin Langdon Coburn,
Clarence White, Robert Demachy,
Frank Eugene, Julia Margaret
Cameron, Gertrude Käsebier,
Heinrich Kühn, and many
others; paintings, drawings and
sculpture by Van Gogh,
Cézanne, Mary Cassatt,
Picasso, Matisse, John Marin,
Rodin, Brancusi, and Nadelman, to
name just a famous few."
"Original Dover (1978)
publication published in
cooperation with the
International Museum of
Photography at George Eastman
House, Rochester. 559
illustrations. Introduction,
bibliography, glossary of
photographic terms, captions,
index of artists, index of
titles, and index of sitters by
Marianne Margolis." 1
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1 Alfred Stieglitz, CAMERA
WORK, A PICTORIAL GUIDE, With Reproductions of All
559 Illustrations & Plates, Fully Indexed,
Edited by Marianne Fulton Margolis
Dover Publications, Inc., New York and The
International Museum of Photography at George
Eastman House, Rochester, NY., 1978.
Available from Calumet Photographic, 890 Supreme
Dr., Bensenville, IL 60106, Tel: 1.888.280.3686
Alfred Stieglitz, CAMERA WORK, the
Complete Illustrations 1903-1917, Pam Roberts.
"..includes high quality reproductions of 559
original photogravures published in the 50
editions...". Available from Calumet Photographic
(see above)
I have not seen this book, but it appears in the
latest Calumet catalog.
(Art)n Laboratory, at
Northwestern University's Research Park, has
created an extensive venue dedicated to Camera
Work. Well worth the visit!
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