Alfred Stieglitz photographed Georgia O'Keeffe extensively and made her a major subject of modernist portraiture.
Stieglitz began photographing O'Keeffe after exhibiting her work in 1916. Over roughly two decades, he produced hundreds of photographs of her, including portraits and studies of her hands, face, and body.
The images were not merely private records. Stieglitz exhibited many of them, creating a sustained photographic portrait of O'Keeffe and helping establish her public identity as an important modern artist. Their relationship also became personal, and they married in 1924.
Paul Strand, Edward Steichen, and Man Ray were all important modern photographers, but they were not the photographer associated with this extensive series of O'Keeffe portraits. Stieglitz's photographs remain central to the history of both artists.