The Steerage (Alfred Stieglitz)

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"The Steerage" is a landmark 1907 photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, celebrated as an early masterpiece of modernist photography for its striking composition and social commentary on class and immigration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf modernist photograph ⓘ
photograph ⓘ
author Alfred Stieglitz ⓘ
collection George Eastman Museum ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
National Gallery of Art ⓘ
copyrightStatus public domain in the United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Alfred Stieglitz ⓘ
creatorMovement Photo-Secession ⓘ
depicts emigration ⓘ
immigrants ⓘ
ocean liner ⓘ
ship deck ⓘ
social class division ⓘ
steerage-class passengers ⓘ
describedBySource Camera Work, 1911 issue ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Camera Work ⓘ
genre documentary photography ⓘ
modernist photography ⓘ
social commentary photography ⓘ
hasInfluenced 20th-century art photography ⓘ
documentary photography ⓘ
hasPart cable and mast structures ⓘ
gangplank ⓘ
geometric shapes and lines ⓘ
hats and clothing of passengers ⓘ
imageFormat gelatin silver print ⓘ
inception 1907 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locationOfCreation onboard an ocean liner between the United States and Europe ⓘ
movement Modernism ⓘ
notableFor early example of modernist photography ⓘ
influence on art photography ⓘ
innovative composition ⓘ
social commentary on class and immigration ⓘ
use of abstract geometric forms ⓘ
photographer Alfred Stieglitz ⓘ
publicationDate 1911 ⓘ
publisher Alfred Stieglitz ⓘ
significantEvent marked Stieglitz’s shift from pictorialism to modernism ⓘ
subjectHeading immigrants—ships ⓘ
ocean travel—social conditions ⓘ
title The Steerage ⓘ

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Albright-Knox Art Gallery → significantWorkInCollection → The Steerage (Alfred Stieglitz) ⓘ