Who photographed Georgia O'Keeffe in a celebrated 1920s portrait series?

Alfred Stieglitz photographed Georgia O'Keeffe in a celebrated portrait series made largely during the 1920s. The photographs documented her face, hands, body, and clothing in many different poses and styles.

Stieglitz was a major photographer, gallery owner, and promoter of modern art. He first encountered O'Keeffe’s abstract drawings through Anita Pollitzer, and their professional relationship eventually became personal. They married in 1924, though they maintained separate artistic identities.

The portrait series is important because it presented O'Keeffe not only as an artist but also as a modernist visual subject. The images later became part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s holdings. Stieglitz’s photographs and O'Keeffe’s paintings influenced how the public understood her artistic persona.