Joseph T. Keiley
Marius de Zayas Mexican
Not on view
An early associate of Stieglitz, the American photographer Keiley (1869–1914) collaborated with him to develop a glycerine process for the local development of platinum prints. The photographs he produced using this process were exhibited at 291 and seven of them were reproduced in Camera Work in 1907, the year de Zayas joined the Stieglitz circle. The visual effect of this innovative photographic process was, in fact, similar to the atmospheric mottling that de Zayas achieved in the background of this portrait by mixing watercolor and ink. In this highly stylized and debonair portrait, de Zayas conveys what Keiley's obituary called his "strange charm, emphasized by his strikingly handsome face and figure."
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