Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz

by Peter-Cornell Richter

Uniting 28 paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe from collections all over the United States with 32 stunning images by the pioneering photographer Alfred Stieglitz, this book focuses on the two artists' work, their stormy and passionate marriage, and the influence they had on one another's pictures. The photographic historian Peter-Cornell Richter perfectly captures this aspect in his sensitive and powerful text.

Genres: Art, History

119 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very nice concise book on O'Keeffe and Stieglitz and their works. I have seen a lot of her work in museums, but knew little about her; Stieglitz was more familiar to me through my interest in photography. The book does a wonderful job in outlining how they influenced one another in their respective media.

[Valerie Blackburn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Before reading this book, I was familiar with photos that Stieglitz had taken (I even viewed them at the Georgia O'Keefe Museum of Art in Santa Fe.) What I did not realize is just how much he impacted photography in the U.S. Having spent time in Europe, Stieglitz was shocked at how Americans used the camera as a toy. "The idea that photographer and image become "equivalent" in terms of inner truth is the greatest heritage Stieglitz left to creative photography." — Peter-Cornell Richter