Alvin Langdon Coburn

1882–1966

Biography

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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Alvin Langdon Coburn Westminster Abbey, London

1909
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