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Walker Evans: American Photographs
Walker Evans, Roadside View, Alabama Coal Area Company Town, 1936Walker Evans' photographs, commissioned under the New Deal, are a prime example of the documentary ability of photographs. In American...
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Clarence John Laughlin: Ghosts Along the Mississippi
I.Clarence John Laughlin, Magnificent Avenue, Rosedown Plantation (1835), 1946/7Clarence John Laughlin’s Ghosts Along the Mississippi is a compilation of 100 photographs of Louisiana plantation houses....
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Wright Morris: Origin of a Species
Wright Morris, Light Pole and Grain Elevator, Eastern Nebraska, 1947Wright Morris, photographer and writer, was born in Nebraska in 1910. He and his father traveled from place to place, including...
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Irving Penn
Irving Penn, Mrs. Armory Carhart, New York, 1947Irving Penn began his photographic career in 1943 as an assistant for the art director of Vogue and shot his first cover for the magazine that same year....
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Robert Frank: The Americans
Robert Frank, Belle Isle, Detroit, 1955/6Robert Frank’s photographs in The Americans were taken during the 1950’s. The Swiss-born photographer took a road trip across America and captured anything that...
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Bruce Davidson: East 100th Street
Bruce Davidson, East 100th Street, 1970Giving subjects respect and acting with humanism, Bruce Davidson has captured the small details of urban life. His book East 100th Street depicts the often harsh...
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Lee Friedlander: Self Portrait
Lee Friedlander, New York City, 1966Self Portrait is a collection of photographs all featuring Lee Friedlander himself in various locations, in reflection, in shadow, and occasionally, in full view....
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Garry Winogrand: Public Relations
Garry Winogrand, Peace Demonstration, Central Park, New York, 1970The name Garry Winogrand is synonymous with “street photography.” Winogrand began his career as a commercial photographer, capturing...
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