Today is the 128th birthday of the photographer Edward Steichen. Today he is hardly a household name but last month his 1904 photo The Pond-Moonlight broke all records by fetching an astounding $2,900,000 at auction.He experimented with an early form of colour photography and produced some stunning results including this portrait of George Bernard Shaw...
And this Whistler-like view of New York's Flatiron building...
For more examples of Steichen's genius, click on the naked lady:
1 comment:
Just magical.
I'd pay £2.9m for The Pond-Moonlight if I had it going spare.
Another 'it makes me feel' comment, but it makes me feel as though those photos are of the REAL world and I'm living in the reproduction.
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