The Terminal
The Terminal
Artist
Alfred Stieglitz
(1864 - 1946)
Date1892, printed 1920-1939
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions3 1/16 x 4 in. (7.8 x 10.2 cm)
Framed: 16 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (42.5 x 52.7 x 2.9 cm)
Framed: 16 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (42.5 x 52.7 x 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Accession number
ASC.2012.81
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextTraditionally trained with a bulky, large-format camera that required a tripod for stabilization, The Terminal was one of Stieglitz’s first photographs using a portable, hand-held Graflex camera, borrowed from friend and fellow photographer William B. Post. The negatives he was able to produce, regardless of the relatively slow plates, were enough to convince Stieglitz of the benefits provided by the camera. Soon after, he purchased his own Graflex and used it for the majority of his career, notably to produce his Equivalents.
