1. Photo-Secession Movement

2. The earliest photography was devoted to its scientific and technical uses.
But by the late 1890s and into the turn of the 20th Century, photographers became more interested in photography as an art in itself.

3. In 1902 Alfred Stieglitz formed the Photo-Secession Movement.
As opposed to Dadaism, the Photo-Secessionist movement was VERY concerned with form and the aesthetic rules of photography.

4. Thirds, Corners & Lines
Edward Steichen, Milk Bottles 1915

5. Vertical versus Horizontal
Alvin Langdon Coburn, Broadway 1909

6. Clarence White, Columbia College 1910

7. Alfred Stieglitz, Apples and Gable 1922

8. Found Framing
Alvin Langdon Coburn, Cadiz1908

9. Angle /
Point of View
Edward Steichen, George Washington Bridge 1931

10. Clarence White, Ship Construction 1917

11. Use of light
Alvin Langdon Coburn, Smoke Stacks 1910

12. Abstract design
Alvin Langdon Coburn, Vortograph 1917

13. Alfred Stieglitz, Back Window 1915

14. Alfred Stieglitz, Equivalent 1926

15. Clarence White, Raindrops 1902

16. Edward Steichen, Time Space Continuum 1920

17. Repetition and Pattern
Edward Steichen, Wheelbarrow with Flower Pots 1920

18. Edward Steichen, Matches 1925

19. Edward Steichen, Heavy Roses 1914

20. Alfred Stieglitz, Hands and Thimble 1920