Alfred Stieglitz created the 1933 portrait series of Georgia O'Keeffe known as the Hands photographs.
Stieglitz photographed O'Keeffe throughout their relationship, making portraits that focused not only on her face but also on details such as her hands, clothing, and hair. The photographs form an unusually extensive visual record of an artist and helped shape the public image of O'Keeffe.
The Hands photographs belong to a larger body of hundreds of images made by Stieglitz over several decades. O'Keeffe later donated many of these photographs to museums, treating them as a significant record of her life and artistic identity.
Paul Strand and Edward Weston were important American photographers, but neither made this particular series. Ansel Adams also photographed O'Keeffe, particularly in the American Southwest, but the Hands images are associated with Stieglitz.