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Edward Steichen

(1879-1973), Photographer

Artist of 8 portraits
Steichen's early training was in lithography and painting. He turned to photography in the late 1890s with the encouragement of photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Between 1902 and 1917 Stieglitz published over seventy photographs by Steichen in numerous issues of Camera Work. He worked as chief photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair from 1923-37, producing portraits of many of the era's most celebrated personalities. After the Second World War he was appointed Director of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. One of the greatest photographers, his work formed the vanguard of the Photo-Secession movement, whose aesthetic derived primarily from Symbolist and Impressionist painting.

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Gordon Craig, by Edward Steichen - NPG P508

Gordon Craig

by Edward Steichen
gum platinum print, 1908
On display in Room 24 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P508

Gordon Craig, by Edward Steichen - NPG P228

Gordon Craig

by Edward Steichen
photogravure, 1913
NPG P228

Gordon Craig, by Edward Steichen - NPG P509

Gordon Craig

by Edward Steichen
platinum print, 1920
NPG P509

Beatrice Gladys Lillie (Lady Peel), by Edward Steichen - NPG P882

Beatrice Gladys Lillie (Lady Peel)

by Edward Steichen
gelatin silver print, 1926
NPG P882

Beatrice Gladys Lillie (Lady Peel), by Edward Steichen - NPG P883

Beatrice Gladys Lillie (Lady Peel)

by Edward Steichen
gelatin silver print, 1931
NPG P883

Raymond Massey; Adrianne Allen (Adrianne Massey), by Edward Steichen - NPG x198314

Raymond Massey; Adrianne Allen (Adrianne Massey)

by Edward Steichen
bromide press print, 1933
NPG x198314

Image currently unavailable owing to copyright restrictions

Charles Laughton

by Edward Steichen
gelatin silver print, 1935
NPG P1309

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