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20-something Most Important Photographers Most Important Photographs

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The Open Door, 1844 William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 18001877) Salted paper print from paper negative

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The Steerage, 1907 Alfred Stieglitz (American, 18641946) Photogravure on vellum

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The Flatiron, 1904 Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 18791973) Gum bichromate over platinum print

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Blind, 1916 Paul Strand (American, 18901976) Platinum print

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August Sander, Bricklayer, Silver Gelatin Print 1928

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Le Violon d'Ingres Man Ray American, 1924 Gelatin silver print

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Lszl Moholy-Nagy Dolls, 1926 1926 gelatin silver print 48.6 x 38.4 cm.

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Alabama Tenant Farmer Wife, 1936 Walker Evans (American, 19031975) Gelatin silver print

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John Heartfield: Adolf the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk Photomontage 1932

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Robert Capa D-Day Invasion, Normandy, France Silver Gelatin Print 1944

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Henri Cartier Bresson Behind the St. Lazare Station, Paris, France. Silver gelatin print, 1932

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Ansel Adams Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico 1941 gelatin silver print

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Gordon Parks American Gothic, 1941 Silver Gelatin Print

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Weegee--The Fashionable People, [title first used for "The Critic" in LIFE Magazine], Silver gelatin print, 1943.

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Harry Callahan Eleanor Silver gelatin print, Circa 1952

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Yousuf Karsh, Winston Churchill Silver Gelatin Print, 1941.

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Robert Frank - Trolley, New Orleans. Silver gelatin print, 1955.

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Sedyou Keita-untitled, circa 1960.

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Diane Arbus, Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, Silver Gelatin Print, 1967.

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William Eggleston Jackson, Mississippi. Dye transfer print. undated, circa 1973.

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Helmut Newton, Woman Examining Man, Saint Tropez, Silver Gelatin Print, 1975.

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Robert Mapplethorpe. Brian Ridley and Lyle Heeter Silver Gelatin Print, 1979.

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Cindy Sherman Untitled #96 1981

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Barbara Kruger Untitled (I shop therefore I am) photographic silkscreen/vinyl, 1987.

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Joel Peter Witkin, Las Meninas, NM, Silver Gelatin Print, 1987.

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Bob Thall, Elk Grove Village Silver Gelatin Print, 1995.

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Vivian Maier Untitled, date unknown Archival inkjet print from scanned negative.

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Kelli Connell Convertible Kiss, 2002. Archival inkjet print from scanned negatives.

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