Alvin Langdon Coburn
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Alvin Langdon Coburn was an American photographer who became a key figure in the development of pictorialism. He became the first major photographer to emphasize the visual potential of elevated viewp
Self-portrait, 1905
"Spider-webs", by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Photogravure published in Camera Work, No 21, 1908
"Bernard Shaw", by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Photogravure published in Camera Work, No 21, 1908
"Rodin", by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Photogravure published in Camera Work, No 21, 1908
Auguste Rodin
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François Auguste René Rodin was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a
Alvin Langdon Coburn
…in 1913. The book featured 33 gravure prints of important European and American authors, artists and statesmen, including Henri Matisse, Henry James, Auguste Rodin, Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt and Yeats. In the preface to the book, he says: To make satisfactory photographs of persons it is necessary for me to…
Portrait photograph by George Charles Beresford, 1902
Rodin c. 1862
Auguste Rodin, John Singer Sargent, 1884
Rodin, c. 1875–80