Georgia OKeeffe and Alfred Stieglitz

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Georgia OKeeffe and Alfred Stieglitz

• Ryan Buchanan
• Period 1
• Mrs. Imerson

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Artwork by Georgia and Alfred
Alfred
Georgia
I hate flowers -- I paint them because they're
cheaper than models and they don't move.
The goal of art was the vital expression of
self.
Not From My Garden
The Steerage
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More Artwork
Alfred Stieglitz
Georgia O'Keeffe
Snapshot, Paris
Eagle Claw and Bean Necklace
Marks on paper are free -- free speech -- press
-- pictures all go together I suppose.
Wherever there is light, one can photograph.
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Where I was born and where and how I have lived
is unimportant. It is what I have done with where
I have been that should be of interest.
More Artwork
Alfred Stieglitz
Georgia O'Keeffe
In photography there is a reality so subtle that
it becomes more real than reality.
From the Back-Window, "291"
Lake George
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Biography
Georgia OKeeffe
Alfred Stieglitz

• She lived from November 15, 1887 until March 6,
  1984.
• She was born in the town of Sun Prairie, Wis.
• Her family were from Ireland and Hungary, and
  were farmers.
• She was a painter, and married a man by the name
  of Alfred Stieglitz

• He was a painter who lived from January 1, 1864
  to July 13, 1946 in Hoboken, New York.
• He was the oldest of six kids in his family.
• He married the painter, Georgia OKeeffe.
• Before being married to OKeeffe, he was married
  to Emmeline Obermeyer and had one kid named
  Kitty.

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Why They Are Artists

• Georgia OKeeffe does artwork for a living
  because she wants to express sensations and to
  depict where shes been, and things shes seen.
  She is leaving a record of her life behind, for
  us to see how she lived.

Alfred Stieglitz started his life of an artist as
one of the first modern artists. The U.S. was
going through a lot of change, and he
photographed all the change. He photographed all
the new buildings, and all new changes.
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Work Cited

• http//www.starkmuseum.org/ArtPages/not_from_my_ga
  rden.htm
• http//www.masters-of-photography.com/S/stieglitz/
  stieglitz_steerage_full.html
• http//www.masters-of-photography.com/S/stieglitz/
  stieglitz_snapshot_paris_full.html
• http//www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/okee-geo.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Stieglitz
• http//www.answers.com/topic/georgia-o-keeffe
• http//www.ellensplace.net/okeeffe3.html
• http//en.thinkexist.com/quotes/alfred_stieglitz/
• http//www.eastman.org/fm/misdig2/htmlsrc2/m196700
  220001_ful.htmltopofimage
• http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thum
  b/d/d7/Georgia_O'Keefe_UVa.jpg/200px-Georgia_O'Kee
  fe_UVa.jpg