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Photography from the Scripps College Collection
  • All fields: Black-and-white photography
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    • Ruth St. Denis in the Dance of Incense


    • Anonymous
    • Ruth St. Denis in the Dance of Incense

    • Portrait of the dancer Ruth St. Denis, wearing an elaborate costume.

    • Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume
    • William Manker


    • Baskerville, Charles
    • William Manker

    • Portrait of the ceramics artist William Manker, looking at a bowl.

    • Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; Men; Men's clothing; Ceramics
    • Ruth St. Denis


    • Anonymous
    • Ruth St. Denis

    • Portrait of the dancer Ruth St. Denis wearing an elaborate costume. Embossed in lower right corner of paper, recto: "Siri Fischer Schnee Voigt."

    • Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume
    • Ruth St. Denis in "Nautch Dance"


    • Anonymous
    • Ruth St. Denis in "Nautch Dance"

    • Portrait of Ruth St. Denis in her Indian-inspired "Nautch Dance." Though nautch dancing originated in northern Indian temples, over time it progressed to palaces, and eventually to the streets. St. Denis appropriated basic movements from street...

    • Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume; Postcards
    • Ruth St. Denis


    • White, E.
    • Ruth St. Denis

    • Photograph of the dancer Ruth St. Denis wearing an elaborate costume.

    • Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume; Women
    • Ruth St. Denis on movie set


    • Anonymous
    • Ruth St. Denis on movie set

    • Photograph of Ruth St. Denis with other men and women on a film set. The stage is set to resemble a Middle Eastern bazaar.

    • St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; Motion pictures-Setting and scenery
    • Maud Allan


    • Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
    • Maud Allan

    • A portrait of the actress Maud Allan wearing a loose, flowing gown.

    • Allen, Maude, d. 1956; Actresses; Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; Photography-California; Silver gelatin print
    • New York Stock Exchange


    • Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971
    • New York Stock Exchange

    • A black-and-white cityscape shot of the New York Stock Exchange building in Manhattan, from the ground looking up.

    • Black-and-white photography; Street photography; New York Stock Exchange; Commercial buildings; Cityscape photography; Women photographers; Architectural photography; Urban life
    • Typewriter


    • Buswell, Richard
    • Typewriter

    • Close-up, black-and-white photograph of a dusty typewriter carriage.

    • Black-and-white photography; Still-life photography; Typewriters
    • No. 1 Tatsujin


    • Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
    • No. 1 Tatsujin

    • A photograph of a man wearing a Japanese fighting mask (Tatsujin).

    • Portrait photography; Photography-California; Masks-Japan; Black-and-white photography; Costume; Costume-Japan; Figure
    • Untitled (museum), 2007


    • Weems, Carrie Mae, 1953-
    • Untitled (museum), 2007

    • People walking up and sitting on the steps to the British Museum seem not to notice the tall female figure in a long black dress standing facing them. The figure is most likely Weems. The stairs cut midway through the image on a horizontal line....

    • Black-and-white photography; Women artists, Black; Women, Black, in art; Columns; Stairs; Dresses; British Museum
    • Cementerio, Juchitan, Oaxaca


    • Iturbide, Graciela, 1942-
    • Cementerio, Juchitan, Oaxaca

    • A woman carrying a bundle of sticks walking through a cemetery in Juchitan, Oaxaca, Mexico, superimposed with a flock of birds in flight.

    • Black-and-white photography; Women photographers; Cemeteries; Birds; Photography-Mexico
    • Janitzio


    • Abbott, Gordon C.
    • Janitzio

    • Fishing nets drying in the sun near Janitzio, Mexico. Several fishermen and a boat are visible in the distance. In the far distance are mountains.

    • Black-and-white photography; Fishers; Gelatin silver print; Photography-Mexico; Travel photography
    • Portrait of a Man


    • Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
    • Portrait of a Man

    • Early twentieth century black and white photographic print of a portrait of a man in a suit and a black beret.

    • Black-and-white photography; Portrait photography; Men; Men's clothing; Berets; Photography-California
    • Life Goes On-Antigua


    • Abbott, Gordon C.
    • Life Goes On-Antigua

    • A group of men and women gathered in a ruined architectural structure.

    • Architecture; Black-and-white photography; Travel photography; Documentary photography; Photogravure
    • Motion Study: Woman Carrying Bucket and Broom


    • Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904, 1830-1904
    • Motion Study: Woman Carrying Bucket and Broom

    • A motion study of a woman carrying a bucket and broom, walking up and down a short staircase.

    • Black-and-white photography; Photography-California; Motion Study; Figure Study
    • Girl on a train, Waterloo Station, London


    • Rubinstein, Eva
    • Girl on a train, Waterloo Station, London

    • A young woman with a short, sleek haircut, wearing dark lipstick and menswear-inspired clothing, looks out from the window of a train in Waterloo Station, London.

    • Black-and-white photography; Women; Women photographers; Street life; London (England); Trains; Urban life
    • Recent Terrains No. 6


    • Brown, Laurie, 1937-
    • Recent Terrains No. 6

    • A panoramic landscape of a freeway construction site in Orange County, CA.

    • Black-and-white photography; California-Pictorial works; Gelatin silver print; Photography-California; Landscape; Women photographers;
    • Mexico (24)


    • Lange, Jessica
    • Mexico (24)

    • While Lange considers her photographic work to be far removed from her film career, the pictures produced do have an appropriately cinematic quality to them. Her images of Mexico, swell with a quiet stillness, a sense of arrested time. Mexico (24)...

    • Black-and-white photography; Sidewalks; Doors
    • Mexico (26)


    • Lange, Jessica
    • Mexico (26)

    • While Lange considers her photographic work to be far removed from her film career, the pictures produced do have an appropriately cinematic quality to them. Her images of Mexico, demonstrated in Mexico (24) and Mexico (26) swell with a quiet...

    • Black-and-white photography;Dogs; Sky; Electric lines

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