15. Alfred Stieglitz, "Hands," $1,472,000, a record for the artist at auction. Alfred Stieglitz, "Nude," $1,360,000. Sotheby's Feb. 1906
25. Rodin—The Eve, 1907 Steichen visited Rodin for the first time in 1900. He brought a portfolio of his photographs with him and, after looking through the portfolio, Rodin allowed the American to photograph him in his studio. The results have been justly termed "among the best ever made." In this exquisite autochrome, an early type of color transparency, signed and dated 1907, Steichen recorded the aging sculptor clothed in timeless drapery and sitting at the feet of the plaster model of his Eve, a soft-focus image that appears almost as the sculptor's dream.
35. Gertrude Kasebier As Kasebier’s portraiture came more into the light of the art world, she soon sought a friendship with Alfred Stieglitz. Near the turn of century, Kasebier contacted Stieglitz: to further he success by mingling with the art photographers, to further her knowledge and to give herself news directions in her life. The two befriended quickly. They agreed that photography was a form of artistic expression and worked with similar processes in order to achieve an artistic photographic print. Within a short period of time, Stieglitz was promoting Kasebier’s work through his publication, Camera Notes, and organizing solo exhibitions of her work, one of which was the Camera Club of New York, which Kasebier soon became a member. • The most important and now historic exhibit of this period was the first Philadelphia Photographic Salon of 1898. Of the 1200 entries, only 259 were selected. Ten of Kasebier’s images were chosen to exhibit; this extremely high honor placed her in the ranks of Stieglitz and other contemporaries. • The judges of the exhibit, such as William Merritt Chase stated that Kasebier’s work was as fine as anything that VanDyck has ever done. Charles H. Caffin was taken by Kasebier’s individuality…the force and distinctiveness of her style. The following year, Kasebier was a judge on the Philadelphia Photographic Salon. About that same time, her print The Manger sold for $100, which was the most paid for a photograph at that time. Kasebier began to socialize with F. Holland Day, Clarence White and became one of photography’s most influential photographers due to her unique style and consistently good work.
40. Clarence White Clarence White became a book-keeper for a Newark, Ohio grocery firm in 1890. In 1893 he got married and took up photography, helping to start the Newark Camera Club in 1898. Alfred Stieglitz exhibited some of his pictures at the New York Camera Club the following year, and he was elected to the London (UK) based 'Linked Ring' in 1900. White was one of the photographers promoted by Stieglitz as the 'Photo-Secession', exhibiting his work in their exhibitions and publishing it in Camera Work - including a whole issue in 1908. His pictures are characterised by his use of light, often creating a virtual glow from the highlights. He experimented widely with printing processes, including platinum and gum bichromate