Bernard ShawArtwork Info About the Artist About this Photograph 1908 Photogravure on period paper Published in Camera Work Printed in 1908 Born in Boston and eventually becoming a British citizen, Alvin Langdon Coburn (June 11, 1882 November 23, 1966) was an early 20th century photographer who became a key figure in the development of American pictorialism. He became the first major photographer to emphasize the visual potential of elevated viewpoints and later