Equivalence - Words by Alfred Stieglitz (#1)
Pioneering Jewish American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), transformed photography into modernist art. His gallery at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York City and his journal, Camera Work (1902-1917), introduced Americans to new ways of seeing. In 1921 Stieglitz defined himself: "I was born in Hoboken. I am an American. Photography is my Passion. The Search for Truth is my Obsession." Stieglitz did not mention that he was a Jew because everyone knew it. Being Jewish pushed him to the margins of society and photography freed him to innovate, to shape his personal identity, and create his own artistic community. "No two moments are alike," he said. So he photographed clouds as "equivalents" of his "most profound life experience."
-Deborah Dash Moore, Director, Jean and Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan
(Credits: Video directed by Sam Ball, of Citizen Film, in association with the New Media in Jewish Studies Collaborative and the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan)
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