He not only helped to establish photography as an art form, but was influential through his galleries in introducing avant garde artists from Europe to the public.

他不仅帮助将摄影确立为一种艺术形式，而且常具有影响力，他借助自己的画廊将来自欧洲的前艺术家介绍给公众。

And although some of the work now may seem less avant garde or edgy, the capturing of quaint and depoliticized versions of colloquial American life was the driving force of the projects that received support.

尽管有些作品现在看起来可能不那么前，但对美国口语生活的古雅治化版本的捕捉，便是这些获得支持的项目的驱动力。