Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 17 Alfred Stieglitz Questions: |
The Photography Debate
At the turn of the century, a debate about whether or not
photography was a fine art had been raging in Europe since
the invention of photography in the 1830s. While some people
argued that photographs were only objective documents,
others argued that they could be as subjective and original
as paintings or sculptures. As late as the 1890s, few people
in America had given the issue much thought. Due in part to
the Eastman Company's development of a commercial camera
that anyone could use, photography was a popular craze among
Americans, not a respected art form.
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