| Timeline |
| 1864 |
Born 1 January in Hoboken, New Jersey |
| 1882 |
Enrols at the Königliche Technische Hochschule in Germany |
| 1887 |
Travels to Italy with painter Frank Simon Herrmann |
| 1887 |
Wins first prize in the Amateur Photographer Holiday Competition in London |
| 1890 |
Returns to the United States |
| 1891 |
Joins the New York Society of Amateur Photographers, assumes the co-editorship of the publication American Amateur Photographer with W.H. Burbank |
| 1893 |
Marries Emmeline Obermeyer |
| 1894 |
Returns to Europe |
| 1902 |
Forms the Photo-Secession group |
| 1903 |
Begins publishing the quarterly Camera Work |
| 1905 |
Directs 291 Gallery until 1917 |
| 1922 |
Marriage to Emmeline dissolved |
| 1924 |
First photographer to have work hung in the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| 1924 |
Marries Georgia O'Keefe |
| 1925 |
Directs the Intimate Gallery until 1929 |
| 1929 |
Directs gallery, An American Place, until 1946 |
| 1937 |
Ill health forces Stieglitz to stop photographing |
| 1946 |
Dies 13 July |
