This book showcases seventy-three eminent works by American photographer Alfred Stieglitz, covering his entire career. It includes early European studies from the 1880s and 1890s, New York City scenes from the early 20th century, and portraits of influential artists and writers. Stieglitz's extended portraiture of Georgia O'Keeffe and his cloud series, the Equivalents, are also featured, along with later images of New York City and Lake George from the 1920s and 1930s. The book, complementing a 1983 National Gallery of Art exhibition, emphasizes Stieglitz's pursuit of "objective truth and pure form" in photography, venturing into "antiphotographs."
