Stieglitz Pictorial Photography Analysis

Stieglitz believed that the movement Pictorial Photography evolved to give a voice to those who loved art and sought other that pencil or a brush medium to give expression to their ideas. He understood that the earlier attempts at pictorial photography hurt its image, and it was looked upon " as the bastard of science and art, hampered and held back by the one, denied and ridiculed by the other." As he believed it was not because of the lack of photographic images deserving to be called art, but rather because there was no organized movement to recognize them as such, and to promote it. Stieglitz, during his years working with the Camera Work, became associated with many photographers experimenting with the pictorial tradition. In 1902, he created an exhibit he named "The Photo- Secession", where he presented the photographs by pictorialists whose works he published earlier in the Camera Notes, a predecessor to Camera Works. He believed photography possessed a unique aesthetic, which had been ignored for too long by photographers all …show more content…
In addition to the artists turned photographers and the amateurs with an inner instinct and a"fresh look" of the eye, Stieglitz also credits the new technological developments that allowed improvements in the manipulation of the camera to achieve a certain image. He also credits the improvements and the innovations in the process involved in the production of that image. He viewed that a photograph could be both; realistic as well as impressionistic, just as their maker could have been influenced by one or the other. I believe Stieglitz would perceive a photograph reflecting the reality of life that is presented in a fresh, original way, with the use of all available to photography modes of artistic expression as a good