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Edward Steichen

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American photographer, artist and curator (1879-1973)

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Edward Jean Steichen was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and curator and a pioneer of fashion photography. His gown images for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 were the first modern fashion photographs to be published.

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Rodin - The Thinker (1902)Rodin - The Thinker (1902)Eugene, Stieglitz, Kühn and Steichen Admiring the Work of Eugene by Frank Eugene, 1907Eugene, Stieglitz, Kühn and Steichen Admiring the Work of Eugene by Frank Eugene, 1907CDR Edward Steichen photographed above the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) by Ens Victor Jorgensen, November 1943CDR Edward Steichen photographed above the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) by Ens Victor Jorgensen, November 1943Poster for the permanent installment of The Family of Man exhibition in Clervaux, Luxembourg[5]Poster for the permanent installment of The Family of Man exhibition in Clervaux, Luxembourg[5]Steichen's The Pond-Moonlight, multiple gum bichromate print, 1904Steichen's The Pond-Moonlight, multiple gum bichromate print, 1904

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1963Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Edward Jean Steichen was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter and curator and a pioneer of fashion photography. His gown images for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 were the first modern fashion photographs to be published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen served as chief photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair, designating him the “greatest living portrait photographer” even as he turned to painting. Steichen worked for many advertising agencies, including J. Walter Thompson. During these years, Steichen was regarded as the most popular and highest-paid photographer in the world.

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Lived 1879 to 1973 · aged 93
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