The Library's representation of American art photography is particularly broad. The most recognizable among the first American art photographers or "pictorialists," as they called themselves, was Alfred Stieglitz, who gathered a coterie around himself, known as the Photo- Secession. The disbanding of that group in the mid 1910s coincided with the emergence of Clarence H. White (1871-1925) as the most influential American leader. His own photographs were the first purchased as art by the Library in 1926. White was an internationally prominent art photographer, who introduced comprehensive instruction in art photography to the United States. He inspired students through his personality and dedication to the principles and values of art. The formal school that he started in New York City flourished from 1914 to 1942, with summer sessions at Georgetown Island, Maine;
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