Where would we be without our cameras?
c. 1827–now
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"To collect photographs is to collect the world."
—Susan Sontag, On Photography (1977)
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Muriel Hasbun, X post facto (6.7)
Hasbun's photograph of an X-ray is deeply laden with meaning and tragedy.
Genesis Báez, Crossing Time
Báez’s photograph poetically expresses the tie between the artist and her origins.
Francis Bruguière, Light Rhythms
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Science, art, and technology come together in Bruguière's abstract photograph.
Roger Fenton photographs of the Crimean War
Fenton's Crimean War photographs represent one of the earliest systematic attempts to document a war through photography.
Augustus Washington, John Brown
John Brown poses for daguerreotypist Augustus Washington in one of the most potent photographic portraits of the 19th century.
Harry Gamboa Jr., À la Mode, from the Asco era
Striking dramatic poses, the artists of Asco project cinematic fantasy and evoke mystery in À La Mode.
John Choate, Boarding School Portraits of Tom Torlino
Indigenous students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School were photographed "before and after" forced assimilation.
Shigemi Uyeda, Reflections on the Oil Ditch
Using photography, Shigemi Uyeda captured the environment of Los Angeles and the growing popularity of oil production in the early 20th century.
Malick Sidibé, Vues de dos
In Vues de dos, Malick Sidibé took his background in portrait photography to new compositions inspired by Mali and Western traditions in portraiture.
Esther Bubley, Waiting for the Bus at the Memphis Terminal
At the age of 22, American photographer Esther Bubley took a six-week unaccompanied Greyhound bus trip.
Solomon Nunes Carvalho, View of a Cheyenne Village
Though also a painter, Carvalho's fame primarily rests on his career as a photographer working in the earliest decades of photography.
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