The Steerage (Alfred Stieglitz)

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"The Steerage" is a landmark 1907 photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, celebrated as an early masterpiece of modernist photography for its striking composition and social commentary on class and immigration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf modernist photograph
photograph
author Alfred Stieglitz
collection George Eastman Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
National Gallery of Art
copyrightStatus public domain in the United States
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Alfred Stieglitz
creatorMovement Photo-Secession
depicts emigration
immigrants
ocean liner
ship deck
social class division
steerage-class passengers
describedBySource Camera Work, 1911 issue
firstPublishedIn Camera Work
genre documentary photography
modernist photography
social commentary photography
hasInfluenced 20th-century art photography
documentary photography
hasPart cable and mast structures
gangplank
geometric shapes and lines
hats and clothing of passengers
imageFormat gelatin silver print
inception 1907
languageOfWorkOrName English
locationOfCreation onboard an ocean liner between the United States and Europe
movement Modernism
notableFor early example of modernist photography
influence on art photography
innovative composition
social commentary on class and immigration
use of abstract geometric forms
photographer Alfred Stieglitz
publicationDate 1911
publisher Alfred Stieglitz
significantEvent marked Stieglitz’s shift from pictorialism to modernism
subjectHeading immigrants—ships
ocean travel—social conditions
title The Steerage

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Albright-Knox Art Gallery significantWorkInCollection The Steerage (Alfred Stieglitz)