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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

A work made of silver dye-bleach print.

Medusa Marinara, 1997

Vik Muniz

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 nine gelatin silver prints, with chalk.

Estimations, 1970/87

Vito Acconci

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 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

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 album of collages of watercolor, ink, and albumen prints.

The Madame B Album, 1870s

Marie-Blanche Hennelle Fournier

A work made of platinum-palladium print.

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

Irving Penn

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.

Rebecca Salsbury Strand, 1922

Alfred Stieglitz

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.

Little Girl Holding Cup, 1931/56

David Seymour

Color photograph of a well-lit living room with plushy sequined chairs, shag carpet, a glass table, balloons in the corner, and stairs leading out of the room. On the stairs, the photographic image of a medium-skinned Asian woman holding a baby has been superimposed. They look fearful.

Balloons, from the series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home, 1967–72

Martha Rosler

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

A work made of chromogenic print.

Abstraction on Concrete, 1940/62

Howard Dearstyne

Black-and-white photograph of a seated black man who is receiving medical care from two other individuals. The man has an anguished expression, with his mouth open in pain, and he wears a button-up shirt that is spattered with blood. The brown-skinned person on the man's right, whose back is to the camera, tends to the man's right eye. On the left a white-skinned person reaches into the frame, and holds the man's head steady.

Battered Man, 1948

Gordon Parks

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 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 gelatin silver print.

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

Irving Penn

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