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Anne Brigman was a self-described 'free spirit' who rejected society's notion of a woman finding self fulfilment as a wife and mother, and instead found her fulfilment through her artistic expression. Brigman had an intense relationship with nature which figured prominently in her photographs. She frequently photographed female nudes in a landscape expressing a oneness between art and nature. As a member of Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession group, Brigman employed the soft-focus technique and elaborate printing processes favored by them. In order to achieve a desired effect in a photograph, Brigman heavily altered her negatives, as well as her prints, which she believed was part of her artistic freedom. Her photographs were reproduced in Stieglitz's Camera Work and she is considered to be one of the leading west coast pictorialists. |