Georgia O'Keeffe married the photographer Alfred Stieglitz in 1924.
Stieglitz first encountered O'Keeffe's abstract charcoal drawings when Anita Pollitzer showed them to him in 1916. He exhibited the drawings at his New York gallery, 291, without O'Keeffe's initial permission. The display brought her work to public attention and began a major personal and professional relationship.
Stieglitz was twenty-three years older than O'Keeffe and was already a major figure in American photography and modern art. He photographed O'Keeffe extensively, producing more than 300 images of her between 1918 and 1937. Their marriage connected her to the New York avant-garde while also creating tensions over publicity and artistic independence.
They married in New York on December 24, 1924. Stieglitz died in 1946, after which O'Keeffe moved permanently to New Mexico. The surname is sometimes confused with that of Edward Steichen, another important photographer associated with Stieglitz's artistic circle.