J. C. Strauss, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJ. C. Strauss
American photographer
Date of Birth: 25-Jul-1857
Date of Death: 09-Aug-1924
Profession: photographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About J. C. Strauss
- Julius Caesar Strauss (July 1857 - 1924), known professionally as J.
- C.
- Strauss, was an American photographer who was known as an internationally renowned craftsman and the most famous photographer in St.
- Louis, Missouri, at the turn of the 20th century.
- Born in Cleveland, Ohio, this penniless son of a Bavarian-born tailor left home and sneaked into St.
- Louis in 1876.
- He opened a photo studio in 1879.
- By the 1890s, he had built a gallery.
- Although he was willing to experiment with different lighting and backgrounds, he insisted upon rigidly posed portraits.
- Photographer Alfred Stieglitz from New York eventually over took the style and reputation of Strauss who continued to create pictures that looked more like paintings.
- From the time of the St.
- Louis World's Fair until his death, Strauss' studio was a local tourist attraction.
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