American Masters - Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye

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Starring: Alfred Stieglitz
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Type: DVD
Directed By: Perry Miller Adato
Studio: Winstar
Release Date: 2001-07-10
American Masters® presents a revealing look at "The Father of Modern Photography" Alfred Stieglitz, a creative genius who challenged and revolutionized attitudes toward modern art in the U.S. while championing the recognition of photography as an art form.

A Superb Review of Stieglitz, his Work, his Contributions
This is a really excellent review of Alfred Stieglitz and his contributions to photography and art, generally. It covers his life and contains excellent vignettes on Edward Stiechen, Georgia O'Keefe, and many other artists whose lives and works he influenced. The 90-minute DVD serves as a very good introduction to the history of American photography and photography as art-form. Highly recommended, if this is what you're interested in.

american masters always delivers
I read a biography on Georgia O'keeffe and then I bought this for some further enlightenment on both of these amazing artists. There is some great footage of interviews with O'keeffe as well as being a great biography on Steglitzs'life. If you like either of these artists it's worth the money!

Unexpected delight
I had heard of Alfred Stieglitz as one of the original photographic masters, but had no idea of his influence in New York in developing the cultural center for photography as well as art at the turn of the century. He has such strong convictions, it is a good treatise on photography as an ART form, rather than just as a historical record of events. This movie is a good springboard to reading some of his published works, such as Stieglitz on Photography, which is one of the easier reads and includes most of his essays. Along with Ansel Adams' books, Stieglitz is a must for those wishing to develop truly artistic works with their photography.

Nicely Done
Well, done, wide ranging, long. I bought this for my high school digital photography class, however, and it isn't suitable for that.

Who can ever forget ...
the hand portraits this artist took of his wife, lover, and muse Georgia O'Keeffe? There are some artists who walk this planet who are what I call "hub" artists, meaning that without their presence there would be no "spoke" artists. And when you take the time to review who his spoke artists were then you can begin to get a glimpse of the power and influence of this great mind.

This man not only mentored some of the greatest minds in the timeline of art but he inspired and supported them in ways that led to their achievments. Names such as Picasso are just a few. In the day when French Impressionists were literally snubbed and pushed out of the art community he created a place for them, gave them a home, gave them a boost.

Any serious art photographer must have this on their studio shelf, as well, any serious art photography University level program is sure to include this in the standardized required texts for the course syllabus'.