When I was initially reading Stieglitz's Dadaist magazine, I was struck by its connection to the Futurist movement through its appreciation of machines. The images in the magazine seem to strip people and the individual of their humanity by presenting them as machinal objects that serve a practical purpose. For example, the cover depicts an object that is hard to decipher, but reminds me of either a compass or a Swiss Army knife, both pratical tools. However, next to the image, the texts reads, "Here, here is Stieglitz, faith and love". There is no sentimentality to this image; it is graphical and geometrical. The viewer is left to wonder why he chose to write the words faith and love next to an image that strips Stieglitz of his humanity. In addition, the next page really drives the point home and clarifies his intentions. Another image is shown that is hard to decipher, again, but looks like a projector or some sort of machinery. Underneath the image, the text reads: "The saint of saints. This portrait is about me". Stieglitz chooses to represent himself as a tool or a machine, yet chooses to call himself a saint, implying his individuality and humanity. These two contradictory ideas seem to repeat themselves many times throughout the magazine.

I think that this art movement ties into WWI because the War stripped the soldiers and those on the homefront of their individuality, instead asking that they sacrifice themselves for the greater good. War is also a situation that strips people of their humanity and turns them into machines, so to speak. Stieglitz reminds the reader that each person still maintains their individual traits and their humanity even in situations where it has been stripped away.