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A Life in Photography Peter Schmidt make stage for the eccentricSecond edition of A Life in Photography by Edward Steichen. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. Some minor shelf wear to the dust jacket but the boards, all pages and spine are clean and intact. About Edward Steichen (1879 1973) was a major figure in the evolution of American photography and exhibition design. Having begun his artistic career as a painter, he was later a founding photographer of the Photo Secession group, together with