Ten Milestones in the Life of Edward Steichen

Chances are that when you think of 1920s and 30s photography, you’re thinking of Edward Steichen (1879-1973). Way back when, in 1923, Vanity Fair described him as, “the greatest living portrait photographer.” Yet, young Edward, whose family had emigrated to the States from Luxembourg when he was a baby, started his career as a 15-year-old apprentice at a local lithographers’ firm in Milwaukee. As his teens progr...