Transcendentalismwas a movement that happened in the 1800 , it was caused by a group of people who would become known as transcendentalists when they decided that people need to be in touch with nature (they thought nature was a necessity for human beings {and they were right}), it goes hand in hand with romanticism (which was a movement in literature at a similar time where people started to incorporate nature into their work more [Mary Shelly: Frankenstein]) To get an idea of what a transcendentalist is like, think of a Victorian era hippie; Henry David Thoreau is the exemplification.
Alfred Steiglitz, untitled,1923 transcendental influence^^^^^
Click on this giant link to see an online book that discusses transcendentalism and its connection to photography:
http://books.google.com/books?id=HNBSmv5ZcPkC&pg=PA453&lpg=PA453&dq=alfred+stieglitz+transcendentalism&source=bl&ots=9vpMq0eiFG&sig=wI8PheSa1XIf2UWDLjkUo6hEH0E&hl=en&ei=5APLTaSOB8a-0AGkuIDtBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=alfred%20stieglitz%20transcendentalism&f=false
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