Edward Steichen
American photographer, artist and curator (1879-1973) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 93
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)
Eugene, Stieglitz, Kühn and Steichen Admiring the Work of Eugene by Frank Eugene, 1907
CDR Edward Steichen photographed above the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) by Ens Victor Jorgensen, November 1943![Poster for the permanent installment of The Family of Man exhibition in Clervaux, Luxembourg[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Clerf-FamilyOfMan-20060908.JPG/500px-Clerf-FamilyOfMan-20060908.JPG)
Poster for the permanent installment of The Family of Man exhibition in Clervaux, Luxembourg[5]
Steichen's The Pond-Moonlight, multiple gum bichromate print, 1904
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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.
