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For my topic of examples of photography in the modern age,
I need to be looking for art to use in the slides. A simple google
image search with lots of links should be fine as long as they are detailed.
Look between 1880 and 1950 specifically. There are a lot of dates for the
"Modern Era" that range from the 1900's beginning to a start back in the 1500's,

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Photography in modern art examples are infused.

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First of all, you might look at how the gifted artist, Alfred Stieglitz, created some very edgy and interesting photographs. One piece, "Dorothy True," is found at http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/photographs/dorothy_true_alfred_stieglitz/objectview.aspx?page=2&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=19&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=19&OID=190019265&vT=1

He also produced various ones of "Georgia O'Keeffe: one is found at http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/photographs/georgia_o_keeffe_alfred_stieglitz/objectview.aspx?page=2&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=19&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=19&OID=190019266&vT=1

Besides his photographs of people, you might also include some of his outstanding ones of nature such as "Dancing Trees" at http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/photographs/dancing_trees_alfred_stieglitz/objectview.aspx?page=2&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=19&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=19&OID=190019272&vT=1 or "Music No.1: House in Woods with Storm Clouds" at http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/photographs/music_no1_alfred_stieglitz/objectview.aspx?page=2&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=19&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=19&OID=190019271&vT=1

If you need to overview him, you can credit that he is recognized as a pioneer in the advancement of "Pictorial photography in America and abroad, Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), photographer, publisher, gallerist, and ...

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