Jerry Uelsmann (born 1934), Magritte’s Touchstone (first version), Gelatin silver print
Lewis Hine, Albanian woman Ellis Island, 1905
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New York noir circa 1913. “The Woolworth Building at night.” 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
“Looking up Market St. from near Ferry.” Another look at San Francisco in the aftermath of the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906
Coney Island, New York, circa 1905. “Whirl of the Whirl, Luna Park.” 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
Leatherwood, Kentucky, 1964. “Cornett boys smoking by car.” Print from a 35mm negative by William Gedney
January 22, 1909. Tifton, Georgia. “Family working in the Tifton Cotton Mill. Mrs. A.J. Young works in mill and at home. Nell (oldest girl) alternates in mill with mother. Mammy (next girl) runs 2 sides. Mary (next) runs 1½ sides. Elic (oldest boy) works regularly. Eddie (next girl) helps in mill, sticks on bobbins. Four smallest children not working yet. The mother said she earns $4.50 a week and all the children earn $4.50 a week. Husband died and left her with 11 children. Two of them went off and got married. The family left the farm two years ago to work in the mill.” Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
1902, Detroit Photographic Co. Special, William Henry Jackson seated at table in Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad car
Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1953), Untitled (Man Smoking/Malcolm X), from the Kitchen Table series, 1990, Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 31-1/4 x 30-7/8”, Image: 27 x 27”, Edition: 5/5, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, Photo: Courtesy of Artist and Jack Shainman Gallery from Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection, October 31, 2008-February 8, 2009, at Brooklyn Museum of Art
Werner Branz
