Today is the 128th birthday of the photographer Edward Steichen. Today he is hardly a household name but last month his 1904 photo The Pond-Moonlight broke all records by fetching an astounding $2,900,000 at auction.He experimented with an early form of colour photography and produced some stunning results including this portrait of George Bernard Shaw...
And this Whistler-like view of New York's Flatiron building...
For more examples of Steichen's genius, click on the naked lady:
Just magical.
ReplyDeleteI'd pay £2.9m for The Pond-Moonlight if I had it going spare.
Another 'it makes me feel' comment, but it makes me feel as though those photos are of the REAL world and I'm living in the reproduction.