. Ist Fine Art Photograph Ever Taken When did Fine Art Photography begin, and who was credited ? Alfred Stieglit's photograph of 'The Steerage' in 1907 is considered by many historians to be the most important photograph ever made. Stieglitz was notable for introducing fine art photography into museum collections. Any one of us could pick this photo apart on numerous points in the world as great or even good photography. It looks mistakenly disheveled, even messy, the subjects aren't particularly interesting, it is not level, the best focus is perhaps on an empty plank which does not indicate or highlight much interest, there are no vessel markings, no way to tell if passengers are continuing to embark or disembark on some kind of journey, literally the composition is sloppy at best, and no single point of subject which is clear in our minds as we attempt to clarify the meaning of the photograph. However it does something at that time, that no other p
