We have to talk about the movement Pictorialism; it was a photographic movement from 1885. Pictorialism is when the photographer would mess with the photo either by putting something on the lens or by scratching or putting chemicals on the photo. This was done to add a form of artist work to the photo and the process.
As Kodak introduced the handle in a new group people were able to enjoy the snapshot and it was at this time that small group of photographers staked their medium's claim among the fine arts. They did not just point and shot. They used labor-intensive processes such as they made platinum prints, which yielded rich, tonally subtle images or the used gum bichromate printing, which involved hand-coating artist papers with homemade emulsions and pigments; they made platinum prints, which yielded rich, tonally subtle images. They did not just sit back and take the picture they got involved in the process and became true artist.
One such photographer was Alfred Stieglitz he was born in New Jersey in 1864 he was the son of German – Jewish immigrants. In 1881 his father moved this family to Europe. Later in 1881 he entered Technische Hochschule it was there that he studied under Hermann Wilhelm Vogel. Vogel was scientist and researcher in the then developing in photography. Stieglitz found photography both an academic challenge and a creative out let for himself. He also met two artists Adolf von Menzel and Wilhelm Hasemann. It was these two artists encouraged him to work with the idea of making art directly from nature. It was because of this that he bought his first camera and traveled through the European countryside taking photographs of landscapes.
Stieglitz returned to the Untied States in 1890 after the death of his sister. It was there on 16 November 1893 he married Emmeline Obermeyer , in 1894 he took his wife of belated honey moon in which they traveled around Europe. It was on this trip that he meets George Davidson the founder of Linked Ring. When Stieglitz returned to the United States he was elected as one of the first to Americans of the Linked Ring. He used this title to promote his cause of making photography an art form. In 1896 became vice president of the New York Camera club. In 1899 Stieglitz was given a one man show at the club.
1918-1923 Stieglitz would meet and fall in love with Georgia O'Keeffe and would leave his wife for her after six year when his divorce his wife final and married O’Keeffe. The happiness was short lived Stieglitz in 1927 he meet Dorothy Norman the two would come to have an affair. His life may have been full e controversy but he helped photography to become the respected art form it is today.
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