AN AMERICAN LENS

In An American Lens, Jay Bochner looks at a series of milestones in the development of the American avant-garde that capture a pivot al period in artistic consciousness. He focuses on the multiple roles of Alfred Stieglitz-as influential gallery owner, photographer , and impresario of the emerging art scene-at a series of significant moments in his career. These close-ups offer a more intense an d expanded understanding of the subject than the familiar long view.