His Gallery 291 became a locus for the exchange of critical opinions and theoretical and philosophical views in the arts, while his periodical Camera Work became a forum for the introduction of
new aesthetic theories by American and European artists, critics, and writers.
The resulting volume (to be released in fall 2017) offers a resource for students, scholars, or any engaged reader, to consider dominant threads in
aesthetic theory along side related works of art, including selections from structuralist and post-structuralist explorations of representation, to German media
theory, the study of cultural techniques, and the still - burgeoning realm of
new media
theory, together offering a wide array of theoretical and methodological approaches to the world of images, and a sense of how those approaches have evolved over time.
Americans who had not witnessed the
aesthetic revolution taking place in Europe could see avant - garde art and discuss
theory in the small
New York gallery of the photographer - dealer Alfred Stieglitz.