Photography was conceived as a mirror of the universal elements and emotions of the everydayness of life as a mirror of the essential oneness of mankind throughout the world.
Edward Steichen Quotes
Showing all text quotes-
The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of art not the medium. It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by a distillation of ideas, thought, experience, insight and understanding.
Topics in ExperienceTags in Artist, Photography
Birth: | 27th March, 1879 |
Death: | 25th March, 1973 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Painter, Photographer |
Edward Jean Steichen was born in Bivange, Luxembourg. He was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. He was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its run from 1903 to 1917. From 1923 to 1938, he was a photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair while also working for many advertising agencies including J. Walter Thompson. In 1944, he directed the war documentary The Fighting Lady, which won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 23rd September
Births
- 1897 - Walter Pidgeon
- 1944 - Robert nelson clement
- 1838 - Victoria Woodhull
- 1989 - Walter Lippmann
- 1899 - Louise Nevelson
Deaths
- 1994 - Robert Blake
- 1939 - Sigmund Freud
- 1889 - William Wilkie Collins
- 1919 - Seth Bullock
- 1840 - Nathanael Emmons
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
About Quoteswave
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.

Share with your friends