Sepia-colored, blurry photo of a grim-faced man in a flat-topped hat posing next to a cannon. A small, blurred figure sits on top of the cannon while another figure, in uniform with a rifle at his side, stands at left.

The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846, 1846

David Octavius Hill

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Blind boy who lost his arms during the war has learned to read with his lips, Rome, c. 1948

David Seymour

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Dog Scratches, from the series "Immediate Family", 1991

Sally Mann

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Rebecca Salsbury Strand, 1922

Alfred Stieglitz

A dark photograph of silhouettes dancing in a large room. There are two figures in motion at the center, while others congregate around the edges of the photograph’s frame.

Dancers, New York, 1956, printed 1982

Roy DeCarava

A work made of dye imbibition print.

Frozen Foods with String Beans, New York, 1977, printed 1993

Irving Penn

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Painter Otto Dix and His Wife, Martha, 1925/26, printed 1950/64

August Sander

A work made of gelatin silver print.

New York, c. 1940

Helen Levitt

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Little Girl Holding Cup, 1931/56

David Seymour

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Nude Bent Forward, Paris, c. 1930

Lee Miller

A work made of lenticular photograph.

Untitled (Blue/Red), 1987

Barbara Kruger

Black-and-white photograph of four brown-skinned figures. A woman in a white wedding dress and veil is seated in the center, holding a bouquet of flowers. She is flanked by two standing men wearing tuxedos, and one standing woman who wears an elaborate dress and holding flowers. The painted backdrop is a faux classical scene, with an arch and a fake window.

Wedding Party of Four, 1927

James VanDerZee

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Flatiron, 1903, printed 1920/39

Alfred Stieglitz

Gold porcelain vase with flowers, birds, profile heads on handles

Artichoke, Halved, 1930, printed 1953/54

Edward Weston

A work made of gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "photographs: rhode island school design, 1967–68".

Portrait of Dianne Bobseine, 1967

Robert F. Haiko

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Lisa Lyon, 1981

Robert Mapplethorpe

A work made of 148 gelatin silver prints and text panel.

CARVING: A Traditional Sculpture, 1972

Eleanor Antin

A work made of gelatin silver print.

"Hot Coffee," Mojave Desert, 1937, printed 1953/54

Edward Weston

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Nude No. 100, New York, 1949/50, printed 1949/50

Irving Penn

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Portrait of Rosette Loewenstein, 1922/59

Ansel Adams