Karl F. Struss
American Photographer · 1886–1981
8 works on LinkedCulture
Claiming to have taken up photography in "self-defense" after working ten hours a day in his father's bonnet-wire factory, Karl Struss became a student of Clarence White at Columbia University. At the same time, he garnered the attention and praise of elder photographic statesman Alfred Stieglitz, who published Struss's work and selected twelve of his photographs for inclusion in the groundbreakin
Works
![[110th Street "El" Station, Twilight, New York City]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/4ddc79f6-3964-4823-b733-5822b4c78f09/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[110th Street "El" Station, Twilight, New York City]
Getty Museum · 1911

At the Window - Twilight (Silhouette of Ethel Struss)
Getty Museum · 1921
![[Crowded Pier by Moonlight, Arverne, Long Island, New York]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/7bc42907-5ea8-4201-a088-2905af887516/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Crowded Pier by Moonlight, Arverne, Long Island, New York]
Getty Museum · 1910–1912
![[Exhibition of Photographs]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/41a71ae6-92be-496a-97dd-1691829b9b18/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Exhibition of Photographs]
Getty Museum · negative 1912; print 1950s
![[New York City Skyline, Night]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/82c761d8-a18b-4d4d-a3cb-303df9cea09f/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[New York City Skyline, Night]
Getty Museum · about 1912

Park Row, New York City
Getty Museum · negative about 1910; print later, possible 1920s
![[Portrait of Woman with Bicycles]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/626bba21-71dd-4fd2-9981-66c5f58ae505/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Portrait of Woman with Bicycles]
Getty Museum · about 1910–1912

Storm Clouds
Getty Museum · negative 1921; print 1926