20-something Most Important Photographers’ Most Important Photographs.

20-something Most Important Photographers’ Most Important Photographs

The Open Door, 1844William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 1800–1877)Salted paper print from paper negative

The Steerage, 1907Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)Photogravure on vellum

The Flatiron, 1904Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973)Gum bichromate over platinum print

Blind, 1916Paul Strand (American, 1890–1976)Platinum print

Le Violon d'Ingres

Man Ray American, 1924 Gelatin silver print

Alabama Tenant Farmer Wife, 1936Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)Gelatin silver print

John Heartfield: Adolf the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts JunkPhotomontage 1932

Robert CapaD-Day Invasion, Normandy , FranceSilver Gelatin Print 1944

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

Ansel AdamsMoonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico 1941 gelatin silver print

Gordon ParksAmerican Gothic, 1941 Silver Gelatin Print

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

Yousuf Karsh, Winston ChurchillSilver Gelatin Print, 1941.

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

Sedyou Keita-untitled, circa 1960.

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

William EgglestonJackson, Mississippi. Dye transfer print.undated, circa 1973.

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

Cindy ShermanUntitled #96

1981

Barbara KrugerUntitled (I shop therefore I am)

photographic silkscreen/vinyl, 1987.

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

Bob Thall, Elk Grove VillageSilver Gelatin Print, 1995.

Vivian MaierUntitled, date unknownArchival inkjet print from scanned negative.

Kelli ConnellConvertible Kiss, 2002.Archival inkjet print from scanned negatives.