Photography

Alvin Langdon Coburn

Alvin Langdon Coburn (June 11, 1882 – November 23, 1966) was an American photographer who became a key figure in the development of pictorialism. He became the first major photographer to emphasize the visual potential of elevated viewpoints and later made some of the first completely abstract photographs.

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• ▸Jacob Riis
• ▸Chen Shu (painter)
• ▸Alain Resnais

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