Steichen's Legacy
by JOANNA STEICHEN
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Author: JOANNA STEICHENEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2000-09-26
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 408
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Book Review: Great Artistist Legacy
Summary: 5 Stars
Why would a 26-year-old marry an 81-year-old? I don't know, but I am glad for the insight Joanna Steichen provided to Edward Steichen's personality and what his work was about. Her writing style is insightful, poetic, and surprisingly candid about Steichen, both his good side (his work) and his bad side (his person). She did a good job of interpreting what he was trying to do, how he was trying to do it, and the `language' he was using in his props, lighting, angles, and so forth. There was almost a subliminal language going on in some of the photographs that she clues us in on. Also, it was special seeing people like Gary Cooper, Charlie Chaplin, and Franklin Roosevelt when they were in their prime. It was also a treat seeing the great sculptor August Rodin, composer Sergio Rachmaninoff, and Conductor Leopold Stokowski since I'm a fan of all three.
Although I am more into art than photography I find that Steichen was a 20th century giant of a photographer, and an artist, as such, his own right. He is well-known for his portraits of famous people, his wartime work in both of the World Wars, his contributions to the Family of Man exhibits, his creative cityscapes of New York, and his innovative advertising work. He was very big for most of the 20th century and even did some good work in the 1890's. Some of his work you have probably seen before, and you'll notice this as you go through his book.
Enormously gifted and innovative, he seemed to care little about anything but his work. He considered himself the surrogate son of August Rodin, the scupture of The Thinker, who was an impossible man who did improbably great work. Too much of Rodin seemed to rub off on him, but the greatness of Steichen's work can't be denied. It's important to separate the artist from his art. I did, and I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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