Photo-Secession

American  

[foh-toh-si-sesh-uhn] / ˌfoʊ toʊ sɪˈsɛʃ ən /

noun

1. an association of photographers founded in New York City in 1902 by Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen that advocated the development and public recognition of photography as a fine art.

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Other Word Forms

• Photo-Secessionist noun

Example Sentences

De Meyer’s beginnings in photography coincided with those of the various Photo-Secession movements in New York, London and Vienna, which all fought hard for photography’s place in the realm of fine art.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2010

With his friend Edward Steichen, he founded what they called the Photo-Secession, a small group of progressive American photographers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Stieglitz: "It was in those Photo-Secession rooms that the ice was broken for modern art in America."

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1905 he helped Stieglitz start the Photo-Secession Galleries in New York, a rallying point for those who wanted to "secede from the notion that photography is only literal representation."

From Time Magazine Archive