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Little girl resting during the evacuation of the city,

Barcelona, Spain. January, 1939.

A few weeks after the fascist uprising and coup to overthrow Spain’s Popular Front government on July 17, 1936, André Friedmann, under his new pseudonym Robert Capa, rushed to the front lines with his companion, photographer Gerda Taro.

Photographing cities under siege, air raids, and civilians entangled in conflict, their images are some of the most emblematic of the war. In 1938, while Capa had briefly returned to Paris, Taro was killed by an out-of-control tank at the Battle of Brunete, risking her life to document the Republican cause.

David Seymour also documented the entirety of war, from civilian resistance to the fall of the Republic, when half a million Spanish civilians fled across the French border. Together, their testimonies are historical evidence of the most consequential upheaval in Spain’s modern history.

Photo by Robert Capa. Credit: ICP / Magnum Photos

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Alexander Calder and Georgia O’Keeffe at a dinner in Calder’s honor, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1976

Photograph by Abner Symons © Women’s Wear Daily

Courtesy of Calder Foundation, New York

©  2026 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Myeongdong, Seoul, Korea, 1956,

The image captures a smartly dressed couple in Western-style attire walking past a large opening in a heavily damaged brick wall.

Shot shortly after the conclusion of the Korean War (1950–1953), the photograph powerfully highlights the stark juxtaposition between the physical devastation of postwar Seoul and the modern, resilient spirit of its everyday citizens.

Han Youngsoo's work is celebrated for its immaculate composition, formal precision, and humanistic approach, often earning him comparisons to French master Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Han Young-soo Photography

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Park Avenue, NYC, 1955,

In 1955, Park Avenue—particularly around Midtown and the Upper East Side—was an incredibly wealthy, insular, and racially segregated area. Black Americans rarely lived in these specific high-rises during the mid-1950s.

Because of the social dynamics of the era, a Black man walking through this specific neighborhood carrying a delivery package or walking dogs was almost certainly employed there. Viewers and historians widely deduce that he was a worker—likely a butler, domestic employee, or courier—performing daily service rituals and errands for the area's affluent residents or businesses.

Mario de Biasi Photography

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Long Walk of the Navajo of 1864...

Between August 1864 and the end of 1866, the U.S. government forcibly deported around 10,000 Navajo (Diné) from their ancestral homelands.

Under U.S. Army guard, they were forced to march up to 450 miles to the arid Bosque Redondo internment camp near Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Hundreds died from starvation, exposure, and violence during the trek.

General James H. Carleton and Kit Carson orchestrated the campaign, utilizing a "scorched earth" strategy to destroy Navajo livestock and crops to force their surrender.

On June 1, 1868, after enduring these hardships, Navajo leaders negotiated the historic Treaty of Bosque Redondo with the U.S. government. This treaty allowed the surviving Navajo to return to a reservation in their original homeland, establishing the foundation of the modern Navajo Nation.

Photograph, likely taken around 1865, depicts Navajo leaders including Chief Manuelito and Chief Barboncito. The photograph is currently part of the collection at the National Museum of the American Indian.

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David Hockney

Robert Mapplethorpe, 1976.

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Alfred Stieglitz, “Spiritual America” (1923),

The image features the closely cropped rear of a gelding (a castrated male horse) in harness. By focusing on this specific subject, Stieglitz created a sharp, critical metaphor for what he viewed as a commercialized, culturally hollow, and spiritually diminished American society following World War I.

The horse, a traditional American symbol of unstoppable force and unbridled vitality, is reinterpreted as a trussed-up subject with its sexual power and raw energy eradicated

Gelatin silver print,

Negative captured in 1823; printed primarily in the 1920s and 1930s.

11.6 x 9.2 cm (4 9/16 x 3 5/8 inches)

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Man Ray, Space Writing (Self-Portrait), 1937

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René Groebli, Ireland, 1981

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R.I.P. Sonny Rollins (1930 - 2026)

Photo by Francis Wolff , Rudy Van Gelder Studio (1956)

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Leonard McCombe, "The Navajo"

In 1948, LIFE magazine photographer Leonard McCombe spent weeks documenting the daily lives, struggles, and resilience of the Diné (Navajo) people.

Published during a period of severe winter crises and ongoing federal neglect on the reservation, his photo-essay titled “The Navajo” became a landmark piece of mid-century photojournalism.

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José Suarez – Ibiza, 1960

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Roger DaSilva Photography

Copyright of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and courtesy of Xaritufoto and Le Korsa.

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Lee Miller (1907-1977)

Model, war correspondent, photographer, surrealist, Lee Miller, wore many hats. As one of the few widely known female photographers of the first half of the 20th century she has made a valuable contribution to photography. 

In the 1930s, Lee Miller is part of the surrealist circles of Paris. At her studio she creates commercial photos for fashion magazines, sometimes also working in front of the camera. As a former model she understands posing like no one else.  

During and after the Second World War, she documents important moments as a photographer and war correspondent. This is quite a remarkable feat for a woman: such work was typically the exclusive domain of male photographers.  

Lee Miller’s diverse, layered, and often personal corpus of work appears in well-known magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and LIFE Magazine, as well as in avant-gardist artists’ magazines. Her photographs also appear in publications by the allied forces, such as The War Illustrated and Cadran. Her own publication Wrens in Camera is focused on the wartime labour carried out by women for the British Royal Navy.  

Cover image: Model with lightbulb, London, England c.1943 by Lee Miller (F0021) © Lee Miller Archives, England 2025. All rights reserved, www.leemiller.co.uk

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Portrait of Elsa Schiaparelli by Man Ray, 1933

© 2025 Man Ray 2015 Trust. DACS, London.

Photo: Collection SFMOMA.

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Peter Anderson, Julien Temple in Soho, 1980,

Courtesy: Bonhams

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Halifax, 1937,

The project was inspired by the Jarrow Crusade of 1936 and the writings of George Orwell and J.B. Priestley. Brandt sought to document the "social and working conditions" of the era, though he often staged scenes to heighten their emotional impact.

Bill Brandt Photography