Alfred
Stieglitz
(b Hoboken, NJ, 1 Jan 1864; d New York, 13
July 1946).
American photographer, editor, publisher, patron
and dealer. Internationally acclaimed as a pioneer of modern
photography, he produced a rich and significant body of work
between 1883 and 1937. He championed photography as a
graphic medium equal in stature to high art and fostered the
growth of the cultural vanguard in New York in the early
20th century.