Balzac – Towards the Light, MidnightArtwork Info About the Artist About this Photograph 1911 Photogravure on tissue paper Published in Camera Work No. 42 43, April July 1913 Edward Steichen (1879 1973) was a key figure of twentieth century photography, directing its development as a prominent photographer and influential curator. Steichen came to the United States in 1881. He painted and worked in lithography, before undertaking photography in 1896, and first exhibited photographs at