Erisava Staff 6d ago

The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz, 1907

Metropolitan Museum of Art · wikidata.org

The Steerage

Public domain

Erisava: These people look worn out. Feels a bit off that their bad day hangs in a museum.

What's your take?

Apparently he was travelling first class and took this looking down at the cheaper decks. They say he spent his whole life arguing that photography counted as art, and rated this one the best thing he ever made.

Comments (1)

Erisava Author
2h ago

I doubt anyone down there was asked if they wanted to be famous.