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American Photographs
In 1938, Walker Evans published American Photographs, capturing a country in flux. This display uses his title to examine how photography has documented and shaped the United States.
In 1938, Walker Evans published American Photographs, capturing a country in flux. This display uses his title to examine how photography has documented and shaped the United States.
The V&A's collection of photography from the United States – one of the largest outside North America – reveals the breadth of the country's photographic traditions and the central role of image-making in American life.
Display highlights
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'Orchard #27C, 2022', archival pigment print, by Mark Ruwedel, 2022, Los Angeles, United States -
'Fragment IV General Robert E. Lee Monument, New Orleans, Louisiana', photograph, by An-My Lê, 2016, New Orleans, US -
'Central Park (couple)', gelatin silver print, by Tod Papageorge, 1978, United States -
‘Uncle Ephraim’, gelatin bromide print on Gevaluxe paper, by Doris Ulmann, early 20th century, United States -
'Man in Hayfield', by Doris Ulmann, early 20th century. United States -
'From the Mystic Springs Trail', gum platinum print, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1911, Grand Canyon, United States -
'Citizen in Downtown Havana', gelatin-silver print, by Walker Evans, 1933, Havana, Cuba -
'Untitled #199', C-type print, by Cindy Sherman, 1989, United States -
Untitled, photograph, by Meatyard Ralph Eugene, 1963, United States -
Untitled, photograph, by Meatyard Ralph Eugene, 1964, United States -
'Irrigación [Irrigation]’, film still by Theresa Margolles, 2010, Mexico
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Header image:
‘La femme, la photo et Pentax', C-type print, by Anne Collier, 2013, New York, United States. Museum no. PH.444-2024. Purchase funded by the Photographs Acquisition Group. © Anne Collier