Work:

Involved in the American Pictorialist the Photo-Secession movement led by Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen. de Meyers work was predominantly centred on still lives and portraits. He became very fashionable in London were he led a very cosmopolitan, high society life style. His work was presented in Camera Work in 1908 and 1911and in Stieglitz's 291 gallery in New York. He is perhaps better known for his fashion photographs and his work with eminent and famous models. In 1914 he became the principal photographer for Conde Nast and Vogue magazine. In 1923 he left Vogue for Harper's Bazaar. de Meyer worked with his symbolist presentation throughout his career and when many photographers such as Stieglitz, Weston, and Steichen moved towards a sharper more objective depiction Meyer continued to work with his soft, subjective imagery which eventually produced his work to appear very outdated. Meyer ended his days in relative poverty and artistic obscurity.