Untitled (World War I photographs)
1918/19, assembled 1919
Medium
Album of gelatin silver prints (83)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
222331
Art Historical Context
Edward Steichen's *Untitled (World War I)* is a poignant album of 83 gelatin silver prints, captured in 1918–19 and assembled in 1919 As a pioneering photographer who transitioned from Pictorialism's soft-focus aesthetic to sharp modernism, Steichen served as Photographer for the U.S. Navy's section during World War I.ed in France, he documented the war's aerial reconnaissance, aircraft, and ground operations, creating an invaluable visual record of the conflict's technological and human dimensions. The gelatin silver print medium, popular in the early 20th century for its rich tonal range an...
About the Artist
Edward Steichen · 1879–1973
Edward Steichen (1879–1973) was a Luxembourgish-American photographer, painter, and museum curator who was one of the most influential figures in the history of photography. Born Eduard Jean Steichen in Bivange, Luxembourg, he emigrated with his family to the United States as a child and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Steichen's early career was defined by Pictorialism — the movement to establi...