“My picture, Fifth Avenue, Winter is the result of a three hours' stand during a fierce snow-storm on February 22nd 1893, awaiting the proper moment. My patience was duly rewarded. Of course, the result contained an element of chance, as I might have stood there for hours without succeeding in getting the desired pictures.” MomentsMightThreeCoursesHoursChanceResultsSucceedElementsWinterStormSnowFierceFifthAvenuesFebruaryFifth AvenueSnow Storms Book:Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes Source: Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes
“The ability to make a truly artistic photograph is not acquired off-hand, but is the result of an artistic instinct coupled with years of labor.” YearsHandsAbilityResultsPhotographyLaborInstinctPhotographerPhotographArtistic Book:Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes Source: Stieglitz on photography: his selected essays and notes
“It is not art in the professionalized sense about which I care, but that which is created sacredly, as a result of a deep inner experience, with all of oneself, and that becomes 'art' in time.” ArtCareResultsPhotographerOneselfI Care Book:Alfred Stieglitz Source: Alfred Stieglitz
