Alvin Langdon Coburn

1882–1966

Alvin Langdon Coburn, ‘Westminster Abbey, London’ 1909
Westminster Abbey, London 1909
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Alvin Langdon Coburn (June 11, 1882 – November 23, 1966) was an early 20th-century photographer who became a key figure in the development of American pictorialism. He became the first major photographer to emphasize the visual potential of elevated viewpoints and later made some of the first completely abstract photographs.

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