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Alfred Stieglitz's contribution

Stie Gerriets is a photographer who has made great contributions to the formation and development of modern American art, including photography. 1902, He, edward steichen, Clarence White and others launched the photography separation movement, aiming at pursuing the essence of photography itself. This is an artistic exploration movement, which has brought fundamental changes to American photography, and Stie Gerriets is one of the most conscious ones. The photography magazine "Photographic Works" founded by him with huge investment was the highest quality photography magazine in the world at that time. They also opened the famous "29 1 Gallery" in new york, actively introduced European avant-garde artists, including Matisse and Picasso, into the American art world, which had a great influence on the transformation of American modern art concepts, so they were called "the father of American modern art".

Alfred Stieglitz was a master of painting photography in his early days, and later became an advocate of pure photography and a pioneer of realistic photography. The work "The Terminal" has created a dynamic photography style, transforming photography creation from indoor elaborate "elegant play" to outdoor broad social life. Pay attention to excavating artistic themes from ordinary daily life, create by snapshot, and pursue faithfully reappearing the true colors, qualities and personalities of the subject.