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Mar 27, 1879 Bivange, Canton of Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg Died on 25 Mar 1973 (aged 93)
American photographer, artist and curator (1879-1973)
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About Edward Steichen
- Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and curator.
- His were the photographs that most frequently appeared in Alfred Stieglitz's groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its publication from 1903 to 1917.
- Steichen laid claim to his photos of gowns for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 being the first modern fashion photographs ever published.
- From 1923 to 1938, Steichen was a photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair while also working for many advertising agencies including J.
- Walter Thompson.
- During these years, Steichen was regarded as the best known and highest paid photographer in the world.
- In 1944, he directed the war documentary The Fighting Lady, which won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Documentary. From 1947 to 1961, Steichen served as Director of the department of photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
- While there, he curated and assembled exhibits including The Family of Man, which was seen by nine million people.
