Annie Brigman
American, 1869-1950
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Annie Brigman was a self-described "free spirit" who rejected society's notion of a woman finding self fulfillment as a wife and mother, and instead found her fulfillment through her artistic expression. Annie Brigman had an intense relationship with nature which figured prominently in her photographs. She frequently photographed female nudes in a landscape expressing a oneness between art and nature. As a member of Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession group, Annie Brigman employed the soft-focus technique and elaborate printing processes favored by them. In order to achieve a desired effect in a photograph, Annie Brigman heavily altered her negatives, as well as her prints, which she believed was part of her artistic freedom. Her photographs were reproduced in Stieglitz's Camera Work and she is considered to be one of the leading west coast pictorialists.
For more information on Annie Brigman , see A Poetic Vison: The Photographs of Anne Brigman, by Susan Ehrens, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1995.
Member of The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD)
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