Alfred Stieglitz-Photography as Art

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Alfred Stieglitz was born in 1864 and died in 1946. He influenced modern art in early twentieth century America. He was born in New Jersey but moved to Manhattan and Germany during his life. He learned about photography by taking a photochemistry class and began his interest in photography. He managed and edited Camera Notes in New York and was apart of the Camera Club. He founded three New York galleries where he exhibited the work of other artists. He did a series of cloud photographs. He married Georgia O'Keeffe. During the thirties he slowed and stopped photographing to die.