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A photograph of an empty parking lot at night. A mangled tree leans on the rear of a white semi-truck, which is illuminated by a tall street light. The sky is dark blue; debris is scatted on the ground of the parking lot; houses and cars are visibly in the background.

for everyone a garden VII, from the series "for everyone a garden", 2013

David Hartt

A work made of chromogenic print.

The former Bryant's Grocery, Money, Mississippi, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam", June 1994

Joel Sternfeld

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Screaming Child, Sestham Street 4657, 1956

Roger Mayne

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Two Apaches in Paris, c. 1932

Brassaï, (Gyula Halász)

A colorful collage of individual magazine photos of Vietnamese citizens and American soldiers. A woman holds a white flag, another woman holds a blanket, a nude woman folds her hands over her vagina, and a man points directly at the viewer. Two soldiers hold guns, one with his back to the viewer, the other in silhouette. On the right, children look curiously to the viewer's left.

Playboy (On View), from the series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home, 1967–72

Martha Rosler

Red and black colored photograph of an African American man with several scars on his back, the title etched in glass on top of the image.

Black and Tanned Your Whipped Wind of Change Howled Low Blowing Itself - Ha - Smack into the Middle of Duke Ellington's Orchestra Billie Heard It Too & Cried Strange Fruit Tears, 1995

Carrie Mae Weems

A work made of nine gelatin silver prints, with chalk.

Estimations, 1970/87

Vito Acconci

A light-skinned woman, Pat Nixon, in an ornate room with dandelion-colored walls. Her skirt matches the wall color. She stands in front of the fireplace, smiling at the camera. Above the fireplace is a large black-and-white photo of a young woman curled in pain.

First Lady (Pat Nixon), from series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home, 1967–72

Martha Rosler

A work made of silver dye-bleach print.

Medusa Marinara, 1997

Vik Muniz

Color photograph of a bllond woman on a wooden chair surrounded by photography equipment, a wig form on a stand behind her.

Untitled, 1983

Cindy Sherman

A work made of salted paper print, from the album "photographic pictures of the seat of war in the crimea" (1856).

The Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1855

Roger Fenton

Black-and-white photograph of two iconic skyscrapers in New York City, the Chrysler Building and the Daily News Building. The angles of the building intersect and light and shadow play off the windows of a building in the foreground.

Contrasting No. 331 East 39th Street with Chrysler Building and Daily News Building, Manhattan, November 9, 1938

Berenice Abbott

A work made of albumen prints in two bound albums.

Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 1871/73

Timothy O'Sullivan

A work made of album of collages of watercolor, ink, and albumen prints.

The Madame B Album, 1870s

Marie-Blanche Hennelle Fournier

A work made of albumen print.

Ancient Ruins in the Cañon de Chelle, N.M. In a niche 50 feet above present Cañon bed., 1873

Timothy O'Sullivan

A work made of platinum-palladium print.

Naomi Campbell, New York, July 13, 1994, printed April/May 1996

Irving Penn

A work made of daguerreotype.

Untitled, c. 1850

Unknown

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

Monochrome photograph of a seated woman holding a baby in her lap. The woman's brow is furrowed as she looks into the distance, and her cardigan and checked shirt are worn and tattered. Two young children lean on her shoulders, facing away from the camera.

Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California, 1936, printed later

Dorothea Lange

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Rebecca Salsbury Strand, 1922

Alfred Stieglitz

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