Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz was known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S. He was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
Autochrome self-portrait, c. 1907
1886 self-portrait
Alfred Stieglitz, The Last Joke, Bellagio, 1887
The Terminal (1893) by Alfred Stieglitz
Royal Photographic Society
The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, commonly known as the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), is one of the world's oldest photographic societies. It was founded in London, England, in 1853 as the Photographic Society of London with the objective of promoting the art and science of photography, and in 1853 received royal patronage from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Royal Photographic Society
Charles Thurston Thompson: Exhibition of the Photographic Society, London, 1858
J. Dudley Johnston (photo by Franz Ziegler, 1929)