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[Paul Robeson as The Emperor Jones]
Creator
Edward SteichenAmerican Photographer · 1879–1973
All works by this person →> The camera is a witness of objects, places, and events... The technical process simply serves as a vehicle of transcription and not as the art. > --Edward Steichen Edward Steichen became interested in photography at age sixteen. Influenced by the atmosphere of moonlight that came to characterize his early Pictorialist photographs, he also painted. Upon turning twenty-one, he left for Europe by w
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- 1933
- Medium
- Toned gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- fbb7d752-946f-4dcf-81eb-9f931cb405cf
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