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Edward Steichen Photographer
Gender: Male
Citizenship: United States
Born: Mar 27, 1879
Died: Mar 25, 1973
Edward Jean Steichen was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator.
Steichen was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its run from 1903 to 1917. Together Stieglitz and Steichen opened the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, which eventually became known as 291 after its address.
After World War II, Steichen was Director of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art until 1962. While at MoMA, he curated and assembled the exhibit The Family of Man, which was seen by nine million people.
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.
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Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.
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When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.
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