O'Keefe Through the Eyes of Her Husband

Georgia O’Keeffe was the subject of a “multi-part portrait” taken by her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz: more than 300 photographs that he took between 1917 and 1937, several of which are on display here. Her poses are confident and deliberate, her head always held high; the portraits seem to capture not only her distinctive style — dark layers of clothing and swept-back hair — but an undeniable strength. “I think we can think of her both as a muse, but also as a collaborator in these works, because I don’t think they would have the power that they have without her cooperation, her collaboration, and the way in which she constructed her own sense of identity,” says Tara Barson, curator of an O’Keefe show at the Tate Modern in London last year.

From “A Collaboration Between O’Keefe and Stieglitz” by Hattie Crisell for New York Times, 2016; Photo by Alfred Stieglitz

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