ARTISTS
Highlights from the Photography Collection
The Photography Collection at The Nelson-Atkins encompasses the full history of the medium, from 1839 to the present. A diverse selection of works celebrating our rich holdings, from daguerreotypes to digitally composed photographs, will be on view in our photography galleries.
Since photography鈥檚 invention around 1839, photographers have used the camera for artistic expression, documentation, and scientific study. Though its technology and techniques have changed throughout history, photography has remained our most prolific means for engaging with the world. As an art form, photographs express personal ideas and emotions, and explore new ways of seeing. Photographs have shaped our cultures and our collective memories, at times calling attention to social injustices and history鈥檚 omissions. Foremost, photography has allowed us to better understand our complex histories and our place in time.
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The Photography Collection at The Nelson-Atkins encompasses the full history of the medium, from 1839 to the present. A diverse selection of works celebrating our rich holdings, from daguerreotypes to digitally composed photographs, will be on view in our photography galleries.
Since photography鈥檚 invention around 1839, photographers have used the camera for artistic expression, documentation, and scientific study. Though its technology and techniques have changed throughout history, photography has remained our most prolific means for engaging with the world. As an art form, photographs express personal ideas and emotions, and explore new ways of seeing. Photographs have shaped our cultures and our collective memories, at times calling attention to social injustices and history鈥檚 omissions. Foremost, photography has allowed us to better understand our complex histories and our place in time.
Artists on show
- Alfred Stieglitz
- Ansel Adams
- Carleton Watkins
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Deana Lawson
- Diane Arbus
- Dorothea Lange
- Graciela Iturbide
- Helen Levitt
- Irving Penn
- Jeremiah Gurney
- Joel Meyerowitz
- Julie Blackmon
- LaToya Ruby Frazier
- Margaret Bourke-White
- Markus Brunetti
- Peter Hujar
- Roy DeCarava
- Sally Mann
- Tseng Kwong Chi
- William Henry Fox Talbot
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