Steichen’s Blue

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Edward Steichen (1879-1973) was one of our most famous photographers: especially known for his black and white photographs of famous people. I was amazed to learn that this man who I imagined dreaming in black and white had a passion for blue - a passion for delphiniums. He cultivated acres of delphiniums at his Connecticut home. In 1936 when he was Director of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, then housed in a…