Word: steichen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...attack was led by famed 81-year-old Photographer Edward Steichen, who is also director of the photography department at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art, which has been taking photographs seriously for nearly 30 years. The professionals claimed that they alone were qualified to judge their own work; the way to stage a proper show was to select the best photographers and let them submit their best. The magazine Modern Photography published a biting attack on the Metropolitan's exhibit under the title "The Day Photography Was Kicked in the Head...