Photo-Secession

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Photo-Secession was an early 20th-century movement of photographers dedicated to establishing photography as a legitimate fine art through exhibitions and publications.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Photo-Secession canonical 11
Photo-Secession movement 2
Alfred Stieglitz circle 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
photographic movement
countryOfOrigin United States
dissolved around 1917
field photography
foundedBy Alfred Stieglitz
hasActivity organizing photographic exhibitions
publishing photographic works
hasArtisticStyle Pictorialism
hasCuratorialApproach selective invitation-only membership
hasExhibitionSpace 291 Gallery
Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession
hasGoal establish photography as a fine art
hasLanguage English
hasLegacy elevation of photographer as artist
recognition of photography in major art museums
hasMember Adolf de Meyer
Alfred Stieglitz
Alvin Langdon Coburn
Annie Brigman
Clarence H. White
Edward Steichen
Frank Eugene
George H. Seeley
Gertrude Käsebier
Heinrich Kühn
Joseph Keiley
Karl Struss
Paul Strand
hasMotto to advance photography as applied to pictorial expression
hasNotableExhibition First Photo-Secession exhibition at the National Arts Club
hasPublication Camera Notes
Camera Work
inception 1902
influenced Group f/64
modern art photography
straight photography
influencedBy Arts and Crafts movement
Impressionism
Symbolism
location New York City
movementType avant-garde
opposedTo purely commercial photography
organizedBy Alfred Stieglitz
timePeriod early 20th century
usedTechnique gum bichromate printing
manipulated negatives
platinum printing
soft-focus lenses
textured printing papers

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alfred Stieglitz founded Photo-Secession
Arthur Dove associatedWith Alfred Stieglitz circle
linked to: Photo-Secession
Pictorialism associatedWithGroup Photo-Secession
Camera Work associatedWith Photo-Secession
291 gallery movement Photo-Secession
291 gallery operatedBy Photo-Secession group
linked to: Photo-Secession
Camera Work associatedMovement Photo-Secession
subject linked to: Camera Work magazine
Camera Work publisherOrganization Photo-Secession
subject linked to: Camera Work magazine
Sadakichi Hartmann associatedWith Photo-Secession movement
linked to: Photo-Secession
The Steerage creatorMovement Photo-Secession
subject linked to: The Steerage (Alfred Stieglitz)
Alvin Langdon Coburn influencedBy Photo-Secession movement
linked to: Photo-Secession
Alvin Langdon Coburn memberOf Photo-Secession
291 associatedWithGroup Photo-Secession
Clarence H. White memberOf Photo-Secession