Re: Judy: Re: Fine Art 1897 thru 1930

Hi!

      Since Steiglitz is being discussed, I'd like to mention
that a two volumn set on Steigltz's photographs has recently
been published due largely to funding from Eastman Kodak. This
is a massive work and the reproductions are excellent. Included
are all the work that O'keefe assembled with AS's ok. It's thrilling
to see all of his cloud equivalents and many portraits of O'keefe plus
his earlier work in Europe.

Best,

Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net

PhotoGecko Austin wrote:
> On Sunday, May 23, 2004, at 06:17 PM, Judy Seigel wrote
>
>> John, that's what Steiglitz was making the big stink and crusade about, &
>> what the pictorialists were explaining -- that photography is art. Even a
>> lot of photographers didn't think so until well into the 20th century.
>
>
> Judy,
>
> I had the pleasure, in July of last year, to spend long quality hours in
> the O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe (which isn't too very far from Abiquiu,
> by the way-- take the Long Island Ferry to its endpoint, then head
> southwest for five days; you can't miss it ;~). The exhibit was
> entitled "Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz: A Gift from The
> Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation."
>
> What was particularly fascinating about this exhibit was that
> Stieglitz's photographs were hung next to O'Keeffe's works (which were
> often the subjects of the photographs--along with Georgia herself, of
> course). And sprinkled among the images were quotes of O'Keeffe as
> apologetics (or polemics, on occasion) for the *art* of photography.
>
> I was gratified, reading O'Keeffe's criteria and criticism of
> photography as art. And I wondered (self-consciously) how much she was
> influenced by her critical artistic eye. . . and how much by her
> passion for Steiglitz.
>
> (Did Picaso actually say, "I have discovered photography, now I can
> die". . . ? Or is that just another cultural myth?)
>
> Don't get me wrong-- I have no doubt, in my own phenomenological
> epistemology (. . . Is there an echo in here? Is Kevin Morris *still*
> out of his office?. . . Mark? . . . Katherine. . . ? Hello. . . ? . . .
> anybody. . . ?) that photography is (or *can* be, like painting or
> sculpture or poetry or quantum physics) art. I know by how I am moved,
> emotionally, by some photographs I see.
>
> --but that wasn't the original question, right?
>
> Here's the link: http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/stieglitztour/index.html
>
> Enjoy.
>
> My best to all, and my gratitude,
> John
>
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Received on Sun May 23 20:59:08 2004