HT1381 - Stieglitz' Mediocre Image, The Steerage
Publisher |
Brooks Jensen
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Arts
Photography
Visual Arts
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Visual Arts
Publication Date |
Dec 15, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:02:43

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HT1381 - Stieglitz' Mediocre Image, The Steerage

Let's talk turkey and be honest. That famous 1907 Stieglitz image The Steerage isn't a very good photograph. It's slightly out of focus, there's no detail in the shadows, people on the edges of the frame are cut off, the verticals and horizontals are not rectified, and there's not really much going on. But it's one of the most famous photographs in all of photographic history. Why?

Let's talk turkey and be honest. That famous 1907 Stieglitz image The Steerage isn't a very good photograph. It's slightly out of focus, there's no detail in the shadows, people on the edges of the frame are cut off, the verticals and horizontals are not rectified, and there's not really much going on. But it's one of the most famous photographs in all of photographic history. Why?

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