1. Edward Steichen Fashion Photography
By Megan Kim

2. Table of Contents Biography Photography style Examples Bibliography
Early Years
Beginning
New York
Then
Fashion
Later Years
Photography style
Examples
Bibliography

3. Biography –Early Years
Edward Steichen was born in Luxembourg on March 27, 1879
In 1881 his family moved to Hancock, Michigan
He showed a passion for art at a young age
He took up photography in 1895 when he was sixteen and was self-taught
Between the years of , Edward Steichen apprenticed as a designer for a lithographic company in Milwaukee, studied painting, and helped to organize an Art Students League
In 1896 his father bought him a camera and he started to develop an obsession for photography

4. Beginning of His Photography
In 1898 some of his photographs were accepted at the Second Philadelphia Salon of Pictorial Photography
They were called “ultra expressionistic” by critics
Meanwhile, he was also the president of a Milwaukee Art Student's League
In 1900 he decided to study art and paintings in Paris
In he lived in Paris where he continued to study painting and photography

5. New York
On his way to Paris he stopped in New York and met Alfred Stieglitz
Stieglitz was one of America’s foremost photographers, he was working towards photography becoming a fine art
Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen became good friends
Steichen was a confounder with Stieglitz of the Photo-Secession
An organization dedicated to photography as a fine art, and its exhibition gallery, called "291” Gallery
The gallery introduced America paintings, drawings, and photographs by different artists
Steichen’s photographs became widely exhibited and the most famous were his portraits of J. P. Morgan and Auguste Rodin

6. Then…
World War I Steichen was in command of all aerial photography of the American Expeditionary Force
He retired as lieutenant colonel in 1919 and lived in Voulangis, France
At this time he stopped painting, and started focusing more on the camera
He wanted to emphasize sharpness and texture
In 1922 he moved back to America where he then opened a commercial studio in New York which focused on advertising photography

7. Beginning of Fashion
Steichen started producing fashion illustrations around 1923
He designed fashion portraits and illustrations for Vanity Fair and Vogue magazines
By 1938 he had saved enough money to close his studio and move to France
However, in world war II (1942) he was the lieutenant commander and he was put in charge of all Navy combat photography

8. Later Years
When Steichen was 68 years old he was named the director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
His largest most famous exhibition was “The Family of Man” it consisted of 503 photographs toured overseas and all throughout America
It became a best seller
He also held an exhibition of his own photography a year later
He received the Medal of Freedom by President John F. Kennedy
He continued to experiment with more photo techniques after he retired in 1961
Edward Steichen died in 1973 

9. Photography Style Fashion Photography is…
a genre of photography devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. Fashion photography is most often conducted for advertisements or fashion magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, or Elle. Over time, fashion photography has developed its own aesthetic in which the clothes and fashions are enhanced by the presence of exotic locations or accessories

11. TITLE: Vogue Fashion Evening
ARTIST: Edward Steichen
WORK DATE: 1930
CATEGORY: Photog raphs
REGION: American
STYLE: Modern

12. Gloria Swanson Taken in: 1924 Photographer: Edward Steichen
Actress Gloria Swanson
“…I took a piece of black lace veil and hung it in front of her face, She recognized the idea at once. Her eyes dilated and, her look was that of a leopardess lurking behind leafy shrubbery, watching her prey."

13. TITLE: Marlene Dietrich, Hollywood
ARTIST: Edward Steichen
DATE: 1931
CATEGORY: Photog raphs
REGION: American
STYLE: Modern
CATALOGUE(S): D anziger Gallery Inventory Catalogue 

14. TITLE: Greta Garbo, Hollywood
ARTIST: Edward Steichen
WORK DATE: 1928
CATEGORY: Photograph s
REGION: American
STYLE: Modern
GALLERY: Danziger Gallery     Send
ONLINE CATALOGUE(S): Danzig er Gallery Inventory Catalogue  

15. Vogue

16. My Favourite
Evening Shoes

17. THE END http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/steichen/
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18. Bibliography
Encyclopedia of World Biography steichen/
Lee Gallery steichen/edward-steichen-biography
ArtNet dward-steichen-marlene-dietrich-hollywood.html