阿尔弗雷德·斯蒂格里茨：把摄影当作艺术

阿尔弗雷德·斯蒂格利茨（1864—1946），美国摄影师、编辑、艺术画廊开办者，是美国第一位艺术摄影师，与其他美国人不同，斯蒂格里茨使摄影被当作一种艺术来鉴赏。1881年，他去柏林学习工程学，但是很快就投身于摄影。他跟从著名的摄影科学家赫尔曼．威廉·沃格尔学习摄影。作为一名学生，他游遍了整个欧洲并从1886年开始投寄摄影作品参加比赛。1890年回到美国前，他已经声名大噪了。

Alfred Stieglitz： Photography as Art

Alfred Stieglitz （1864-1946）, American photographer, editor, art exhibitor, and the frst art photog ra pher in the United States, Stieglitz more than any other American compelled the recognition of photography as a One art. In 1881 he went to Berlin to study engineering but soon devoted himself to photography. He enrolled in the photographic courses of Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, an outstanding photographic scientist. As a student, he traveled extensively throughout Europe and, beginning in 1886, sent photographs to competitions. By 1890, when he returned to America, he was already famous.