Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946)

Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Stieglitz left for schooling and returned  trying to prove photography was a medium as capable of artistic expression as painting or sculpture. Joining many photography clubs.  Over his fifty-year career he spent most of it in making photography an accepted art form. He influenced generations of photographers, painters, and sculptors both directly and indirectly. In 1905, with Edward Steichen, he founded the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York, which later became known as 291 . He increased photography's status to the level of painting and sculpture through many pioneering exhibitions that he organized. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz is known for New York art galleries that he ran