The first nude photography magazine was "Camera Work", founded in 1902 by Alfred Stieglitz. Not all the pictures were of nudes, but nude photographs were frequent, usually in portfolios by such photographers as Annie Brigman, Clarence Whitehead, Robert Demarchy, Renee Le Begue and Frank Eugene.

The treatment was such as to suggest "feelings and associations beyond the actual subject." In particular, "Camera Work" included studies by the Photo-Secessionists.