These gravures,(a photomechanical printing process), are from Alfred Stieglitz's photographic quarterly known as "Camera Work". Running from 1903-1917 and being a quarterly publication there were only 50 issues printed. Stieglitz started this publication with 600 subscribers and by 1910, during the height of its popularity, approximately 800 were printed. At its close the subscribers dwindled to 400. The limited number of issues printed lends to the value in today's marketplace. No one knows how many exist today. In many cases the images are from the original negatives and printed as contact prints allowing the print to be the exact size of the negative. "Camera Work" helped introduce modern art into Americas main stream. It is one of the main vehicles credited to elevating photography as an art form, as it is seen today. The following is Alfred Stieglitz's response to a subscriber, Lake George, Sept. 12, 1913 Dear Sir,Thanks for your kind opinion of Camera Work. As the publication is not run for primary profit nor for any other purpose but enlightenment, genuine and not professed, it is but natural that frank expression of opinion must be its backbone. Yours Sincerely Alfred Stieglitz   Back to Alfred Stieglitz Back to Art Work inventory page