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Georgia by Alfred Stieglitz, 1919

"Stieglitz married Georgia O'Keefe in 1924. He was thirty years older than she, and their relationship was unusual by most accounts. Both were prone to having extramarital affairs, and they spend much of their marriage living apart- he preferred New York and she preferred the southwest. It seems that neither person was easy to live with. However, Stieglitz and O'Keefe remained important to one another despite their years of separation. As he aged she returned regularly to spend periods of time with him. Stieglitz took over five hundred photographs of O'Keefe, a testament to their long relationship. They remained married until his death. O'Keefe slipped back into her reclusive nature after his death."

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