"Alfred Stieglitz was one of the great names in twentieth century photography. He fought for the recognition of photography as an art form and his own work evolved from photographs inspired by painting to photography that did not claim to be anything but photography." "This book contains reproductions of Stieglitz's work in the Musee d'Orsay; those donated by Minda de Gunzberg in 1981 come from the magazine Camera Work at the turn of the century; others are part of the Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation's major donation to the museum in 2003"--Jacket