Where would we be without our cameras?
c. 1827–now
Beginner's guide
"To collect photographs is to collect the world."
—Susan Sontag, On Photography (1977)
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Peaks and perils: The life of Carleton Watkins
In the 1860s Carleton Watkins loaded a team of mules with his mammoth-plate camera and glass negatives and ventured into Yosemite Valley.
Martín Chambi, Juan de la Cruz Sihuana, Cuzco Studio
This photograph of Sihuana is a sensitive portrait of an Indigenous Peruvian man in traditional dress.
The story of Ernest Cole, a black photographer in South Africa during apartheid
The story of Ernest Cole, a black photographer in South Africa during apartheid
Will Wilson, Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange
Referencing the photographs of Edward Curtis, Wilson intends to produce a contemporary visual reimagining of Native American culture through his photographs.
Sally Mann, Blowing Bubbles
Sally Mann’s iconic series “Immediate Family” features intimate black-and-white photographs of the artist's children, who eat, sleep, and play in an idyllic Southern landscape.
Figures & Fictions: Santu Mofokeng
Mofokeng lives in Johannesburg where he began his career as a photojournalist, but has long been engaged with the poetic and symbolic potential of black and white photography.
Birdhead – ‘We Photograph Things That Are Meaningful To Us’
Shanghai based photographers Ji Weiyu and Song Tao, aka Birdhead, make art about everyday life in their home town.
José Yalenti, Architecture or Twilight
Two important media were intertwined in 1950s Brazil: architecture and photography.
Alexander Rodchenko, At the Telephone
Rodchenko depicted the rapidly changing world of newspapers, cameras, and telephones in new and unexpected ways.
Annie Leibovitz, Queen Elizabeth II
This picture was taken to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s official state visit to the United States in 2007.
Marey, Joinville Soldier Walking
The title of the photograph suggests that this image of lines and dots in wavy bands represents a walking soldier. But how?
Richard Avedon, Audrey Hepburn, New York, January 1967
Audrey Hepburn emphatically reproduced by Avedon.
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