The "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs Pool, Arizona. From its top a plateau stretches to the right, and from its base another to the left. Their difference of level is 1.500 feet, and the step is too steep for scaling, No. 15 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian", 1872
William H. Bell
Cavalry Camp, looking towards Kadikoi, 1855
Roger Fenton
Sentinel Rock, Winter Dusk, Yosemite National Park, California, No. 7 from "Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments" (1950), 1944, printed 1950
Ansel Adams
Versailles, Grille du Chateau, 1905
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget
Versailles, Bassin de Midi, 1901
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget
Versailles, Bosquet de l'Arc de Triomphe, 1904
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget
Five Boys and a Crab, Lower East Side, New York City, 1964
Danny Lyon
Nude, 1934, printed 1953/54
Edward Weston
Profile of an Unknown Lady, Attributed to Desiderio da Settignano, c. 1928
Clarence Kennedy
Nude, 1935, printed 1953/54
Edward Weston
Notre Dame de Poitiers (Vienne), West Facade, 1854/55, printed 1858/63
Bisson Frères
Savannah River, near Savannah, GA, 1866
George N. Barnard
Newboys, Brooklyn Bridge, 1906
Lewis Wickes Hine
Camp Rakas, 1966
Algimantas Kezys
Backyard, Venice West, California, 1955/56
Robert Frank
Temple de Kardassy, Nubie, plate 87 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852), 1849/51, printed 1852
Maxime Du Camp
"One of the Towers of Orleans Cathedral, as Seen from the Opposite Tower", June 21, 1843
William Henry Fox Talbot
Corky and Funny Sonny, Chicago, from the series "The Bikeriders", 1966