Perfection was the ambition of Edward Steichen’s life, not just as an artist and curator, but also as a gardener. While best known for his photographic pursuits, Steichen’s embrace of gardening — and ...
The elegant, extensive retrospective Edward Steichen Lives in Photography, which opened this week at Paris’ Jeu de Paume, begins with a giant 5 m by 4 m shot of Manhattan’s George Washington bridge.