Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art.
Alfred StieglitzI am not a painter, nor an artist. Therefore I can see straight, and that may be my undoing.
Alfred StieglitzMy photographs are a picture of the chaos in the world, and of my relationship to that chaos. My prints show the worldโs constant upsetting of manโs equilibrium, and his eternal battle to reestablish it.
Alfred Stieglitz