#Alfred Stieglitz quote

[aliyyaharte]

[a-lady-and-her-quill]

"People. People. Endless noise. And I am so tired. And I would like to sleep under trees; red ones, blue ones, swirling passionate ones"

― Alfred Stieglitz, My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz

[tail-feathers]

"…and I’m disgusted with dreams now — I want real things — live people to take hold of — to see — and to talk to — Music that makes holes in the sky —" Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe. A 1929 gelatin silver print by her husband, Alfred Stieglitz

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage" Georgia O'Keeffe

Photo by Alfred Stieglitz 1918

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Beautiful dreams - if the world were more beautiful they would come true. But the world is relentless and cruel - people are - they must be, I suppose, or they could not live.

Alfred Stieglitz

[edge-of-thorns]

"I have destroyed 300 prints to-day. And much more literature. I haven't the heart to destroy this..."

- Alfred Stieglitz's letter to Georgia O'Keeffe (July 10, 1929)

[kiwichapstickss]

“I don’t need anyone to save me. All I ever ask is that you not abandon me.”

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“Can you imagine what that’s like - to be seen only for the life you could make, not the life you already possess?”

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“History may record the end of my line as a tragedy, but a house that crushes its own daughters beneath its foundations - that is no house at all. Better it burns with the rest. A different world must be drawn from the ashes.”

- A Day Of Fallen Night | Samantha Shannon

[seashorepics]

Alfred Stieglitz: A Pioneer of Modern Photography

Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) stands as a towering figure in the history of photography and modern art. Through his innovative approach to photography and his tireless efforts to elevate the medium to an art form, Stieglitz not only redefined the possibilities of photography but also influenced the broader landscape of American modernism. Early Life and Introduction to Photography Born in…

[vision-and-desire]

The point of vision and desire are the same.—Alfred Stieglitz

[emiliefitch]

All photos are of Georgia O'Keefe's hands photographed by Alfred Stieglitz. Quotes in order: Ocean Vuong, Jean Paul Sarte (No Exit), Natalie Diaz (The Hand Has Twenty-Seven Bones—: These Hands If Not Gods), Olivia Gatwood ("The Lover As A Cult"), Richard Siken ("Boot Theory"), Sumita Chakraborty (Arrow)

[istumbled-upon]

Dorothy Norman once recorded a conversation between Stieglitz and a man looking at one of his Equivalents prints:

Man (looking at a Stieglitz Equivalent): Is this a photograph of water? Stieglitz: What difference does it make of what it is a photograph? Man: But is it a photograph of water? Stieglitz: I tell you it does not matter. Man: Well, then, is it a picture of the sky? Stieglitz: It happens to be a picture of the sky. But I cannot understand why that is of any importance.

[contremineur]

I’ll not try to say things I can’t — you must just understand — I want to put my arms round you — kiss you — let you kiss me — it’s all very quiet — what I want is very quiet — it’s great to trust anyone enough to let them kiss you.

Georgia O’Keeffe, from a letter to Alfred Stieglitz written c. May 1922

[philamuseum]

“In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” —Alfred Stieglitz, born on this day in 1864

"Equivalent," 1927, by Alfred Stieglitz 

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Photographer, Alfred Stieglitz, 1918 ::  [Georgia O'Keeffe (Official)]

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“Photography is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” ― Alfred Stieglitz

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“It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.” ― Georgia O'Keeffe

[blackswaneuroparedux]

The great geniuses are those who have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth of vision and experience.

Alfred Stieglitz

The great American photographer Alfred Stieglitz took this photo of his niece, Flora Stieglitz Straus, during the start of the First World War.

Photo: re-touched by @babelcolour.

[theflamingones]

"The goal of art was the vital expression of self." ~ Alfred Stieglitz

Images by Alfred Stieglitz