How Edward Steichen Championed The Medium of Photography As Fine Art

Journalist Christina Cacouris sits down with curator of photography and museum director William A. Ewing to discuss the extraordinary portfolio of fashion photographer and painter Edward Steichen. The pair trace Steichen's lauded career from his pictorialist paintings to his portraits of anyone who was someone while also touching on the groundbreaking photography he produced under the wing of Condé Nast.
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[@BruceWalkerPhotography]

Wonderful! Thank you so much for this.

[@keefyD23]

This episode is helping me so much in ny own photo artist journey

[@anastasiafua]

incredible interview. i have heard of edward Steichen through a vlog and remembered him as a painter, but i learnt so much more about him as one of the pioneers of fashion photography tonight (and curator!) very insightful. Thank you showstudio!

[@cghuete]

I enjoyed the interview so much that I promptly ordered a copy of Edward Steichen: In High Fashion.

[@qnetx]

Excellent interview. Insightful and informative.

[@caeldevers]

❤

[@EXPRESOLaboratorioCreativo]

Would love to see the pictures that they are talking about in the video, does anyone has the resources off those photographs ?