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    Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971
  • New York Stock Exchange
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    A black-and-white cityscape shot of the New York Stock Exchange building in Manhattan, from the ground looking up.
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    Black-and-white photography; Street photography; New York Stock Exchange; Commercial buildings; Cityscape photography; Women photographers; Architectural photography; Urban life
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    Bassman, Lillian
  • Barbara Mullen, Flat Hat, Bare Back, Harper's Bazaar, New York, 1958
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    Barbara Mullen’s celebrated twenty-inch waist is at the center of Flat Hat Bare Back, which Bassman shot for Harper’s Bazaar in 1958. The formal, compositional elements of black-and-white fashion photography, which have since become Bassman’s...
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    Black-and-white photography; Gelatin silver print; Women photographers; Fashion
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    Bassman, Lillian
  • Golden Fox, Blue Fox, Marilyn Ambrose, Harper's Bazaar, Boa by Frederica, 1954
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    Commentary: In Golden Fox, Blue Fox, a photograph which appeared in Harper’s Bazaar in November 1954, Marilyn Ambrose, a prominent model of the time, is seen intimately, her face half in shadow, half in a soft glow of light. Ambrose’s visage is...
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    Black-and-white photography; Gelatin silver print; Women photographers; Fashion
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    Buswell, Richard
  • Typewriter
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    Close-up, black-and-white photograph of a dusty typewriter carriage.
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    Black-and-white photography; Still-life photography; Typewriters
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    Anonymous
  • Ruth St. Denis in "Lakme"
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    Photographic postcard of the dancer Ruth St. Denis, wearing an elaborate costume.
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    Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; Postcards; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume
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    Weems, Carrie Mae, 1953-
  • Untitled (museum), 2007
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    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....
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    Black-and-white photography; Women artists, Black; Women, Black, in art; Columns; Stairs; Dresses; British Museum
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    Iturbide, Graciela, 1942-
  • Cementerio, Juchitan, Oaxaca
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    A woman carrying a bundle of sticks walking through a cemetery in Juchitan, Oaxaca, Mexico, superimposed with a flock of birds in flight.
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    Black-and-white photography; Women photographers; Cemeteries; Birds; Photography-Mexico
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    Abbott, Gordon C.
  • Janitzio
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    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.
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    Black-and-white photography; Fishers; Gelatin silver print; Photography-Mexico; Travel photography
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    Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
  • Ruth St. Denis (In Geisha Dress)
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    Ruth St. Denis in costume for a Japanese Dance of the Genroku Period. Though this image seems to be staged rather than taken from an actual performance, St. Denis did have a number of dances in which she wore Japanese Geisha costumes. The most...
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    Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume; Kimonos; Photography-California
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    Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
  • Portrait of a Man
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    Early twentieth century black and white photographic print of a portrait of a man in a suit and a black beret.
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    Black-and-white photography; Portrait photography; Men; Men's clothing; Berets; Photography-California
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    Abbott, Gordon C.
  • Life Goes On-Antigua
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    A group of men and women gathered in a ruined architectural structure.
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    Architecture; Black-and-white photography; Travel photography; Documentary photography; Photogravure
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    Motoyoshi, H. T.
  • Ruth St. Denis
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    Portrait of the dancer Ruth St. Denis.
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    Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968; Dance costume; Women
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    Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904, 1830-1904
  • Motion Study: Woman Carrying Bucket and Broom
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    A motion study of a woman carrying a bucket and broom, walking up and down a short staircase.
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    Black-and-white photography; Photography-California; Motion Study; Figure Study
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    Rubinstein, Eva
  • Girl on a train, Waterloo Station, London
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    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.
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    Black-and-white photography; Women; Women photographers; Street life; London (England); Trains; Urban life
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    Brown, Laurie, 1937-
  • Recent Terrains No. 6
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    A panoramic landscape of a freeway construction site in Orange County, CA.
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    Black-and-white photography; California-Pictorial works; Gelatin silver print; Photography-California; Landscape; Women photographers;
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    Lange, Jessica
  • Mexico (24)
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    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)...
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    Black-and-white photography; Sidewalks; Doors
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    Lange, Jessica
  • Mexico (26)
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    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...
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    Black-and-white photography;Dogs; Sky; Electric lines
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    Abbott, Gordon C.
  • Magueyes, No. 2
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    A close-up photograph of several maguey, or agave, plants.
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    Black-and-white photography; Cactus; Nature; Photography-Mexico; Still-life photography
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    Iturbide, Graciela, 1942-
  • Pajaros, Nayarit, Mexico
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    Photograph of a flock of birds (pajaros), in Nayarit, Mexico.
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    Black-and-white photography; Women photographers; Photography-Mexico; Birds
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    Anonymous
  • Ruth St. Denis and others at a Japanese style dinner
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    Image of the dancer Ruth St. Denis with friends, seated for a Japanese style dinner.
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    Portrait photography; Black-and-white photography; St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968

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