Gertrude Käsebier

The Manger (Ideal Motherhood)

"The Manger", 1899. Public domain artwork.

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Introduction

"The Manger," created in 1899 by Gertrude Käsebier, stands as a fundamental milestone in the history of photography in the history of photography in the American Pictorialist movement. This work is not merely an image of extraordinary and moving visual beauty, but it serves as a programmatic manifesto for the recognition of photography as a major fine art, emancipating it from its mere role as a mechanical recording of reality.

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