LenbachArtwork Info About the Artist About this Photograph 1901 Photogravure on tissue paper hinged to period paper Unframed Published in Camera Work, April 1903. 2: 17 Edward Steichen (1879 1973) was a key figure of twentieth century photography, directing its development as a prominent photographer and influential curator. Steichen came to the United States in 1881. He painted and worked in lithography, before undertaking photography in 1896, and first