In 1921, Stieglitz exhibited, alongside others, 45 photographs of O’Keeffe, including several nudes which created a sensation with public and critics.

“His celebrated portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe was one of his chief occupations between 1917 and 1925, during which time he made several hundred photographs of the painter. His refusal to encapsulate her personality into a single image was consistent with several modernist ideas: the idea of the fragmented sense of self, brought about by the rapid pace of modern life; the idea that a personality, like the outside world, is constantly changing, and may be interrupted but not halted by the intervention of the camera; and, finally, the realization that truth in the modern world is relative and that photographs are as much an expression of the photographer’s feelings for the subject as they are a reflection of the subject depicted.”

Hostetler, Lisa. “Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) and American Photography.”