During his stint as head of the U.S. Army's air force photographic division he shifted his artistic credo and began to pursue "maximum realism", at the same time he became chief artist for Vogue and Vanity Fair and his images of a veiled Gloria Swanson and a smiling Charlie Chaplin became iconic.
His "Family of Man" exhibit was based on the motif of human solidarity derived from his brother-in-law Carl Sandburg's biography of Lincoln. During his stint as head of the U.S. Army's air force photographic division he shifted his artistic credo and began to pursue "maximum realism", at the same time he became chief artist for Vogue and Vanity Fair and his images of a veiled Gloria Swanson and a smiling Charlie Chaplin became iconic. But what man, FTP, is best remembered for his early, misty pictures produced during his time as a Photo-secessionist and associate of Stieglitz at 291.
His "Family of Man" exhibit was based on the motif of human solidarity derived from his brother-in-law Carl Sandburg's biography of Lincoln.
Edward Steichen