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Winter, Fifth Avenue, photogravure by Alfred Stieglitz, 1892.
The 1967 exhibition "New Documents," organized by curator John Szarkowski at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, featured the work of three photographers:12
This exhibition was significant for identifying these artists as a new generation of photographers who moved away from traditional objective documentation, instead presenting the photographer as an artist with a distinct personal point of view.12