Photography

Our collection spans the entire history of the medium, with a focus on 19th-century American and European photography.

Highlights

Pressing Situation: Civil Rights worker presses forward as a Selma Policeman's club presses against his throat, 1965

United Press International Photo, UPI
Warning From the Chief: Wilson Baker, Public Safety Director warns of the dangers of night demonstrations in Selma Alabama, 1965

Associated Press Wirephoto, AP
Riding to work in a farm labor bus. Fresno, California, 2004 (printed 2016)

Matt Black
Untitled, ca. 1960-1962

Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Gallows frames dot the catwalk as cable spinning begins between towers W2 and W3, ca. 1936

Peter Stackpole
Frida with Olmeca Figurine, Coyoacan, 1939

Nickolas Muray
Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1967

Jack Welpott
Rolls Royce, 1940

Henri Cartier-Bresson
New York City at Night, 1932 (printed later)

Berenice Abbott

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Group of Black people watching the funeral procession

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