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Introduction

America in View

Landscape Photography 1865 to Now
September 21, 2012 - January 13, 2013

America in View: Landscape Photography 1865 to Now offers a history of photographs of the American landscape primarily through the collection of the RISD Museum. The ever-evolving definition of landscape photography encompasses everything from seemingly pristine vistas captured with 19th century view cameras to the decaying urban streets composed today from Google Street View. The RISD Museum's collection of American landscape photography begins at the end of the Civil War in 1865, when photographers traveled west with government survey teams and railroad companies to record the country's extraordinary natural features and resources. Ever since, landscape has remained a compelling subject for photographers, who have revealed through their images this country's ambition and failings, beauty and degradation, politics and personal stories.

In this gallery you will find a variety of approaches to contemporary landscape photography. In the larger gallery, a chronological display takes us from the earliest images of dramatic wilderness through numerous shifts of style and context into the 21st century.

America in View was inspired by a generous gift of photographs to the RISD Museum from the collection of the late Joe Deal (RISD Provost 1999–2005; Professor of Photography, 2005-2009) and his widow, Betsy Ruppa, as well as gifts from friends and colleagues in Deal's honor.

America in View was inspired by a generous gift of photographs to the RISD Museum from the collection of the late Joe Deal (RISD Provost 1999–2005 and Photography Professor 2005–2009) and his wife Betsy Ruppa. In addition to selections from this gift, this exhibition includes photographs by many friends and colleagues given in honor of Deal’s retirement as well as other recent gifts, which contribute to the Museum’s new strength in American landscape photography.

The exhibition was organized by Jan Howard, the RISD Museum’s Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, in association with Deborah Bright, Professor of Photography and History of Art + Visual Culture at RISD, 1989–2012, and Douglas Nickel, Andrea V. Rosenthal Professor of Modern Art at Brown University, with the assistance of Scott Alario, MFA student in Photography at RISD, and Emily Handlin, PhD student in History of Photography at Brown.

Selected Objects

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William Henry Jackson

Gardiners River Hot Springs, Diana's Baths, 1871
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Danny Lyon

Truck in the Desert Near Yuma, Arizona, 1962
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Laura Gilpin

Footprints in the Sand, ca. 1930s
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Deborah Bright

Bloody Lane, The Battle of Antietam, 1983
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Henry Hamilton Bennett

In and about the Dells of the Wisconsin River: To Circle Bend, from the Navy Yard, No. 451, ca.1890
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Art Sinsabaugh

Chicago Landscape #24, 1964
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Harry Callahan

Cape Cod, 1972
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Possibly Julius T. Boysen

Untitled, ca. 1903
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Gary Metz

Untitled, 1973
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Lee Friedlander

Atlantic City, 1971
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Timothy O'Sullivan

Water Rhyolites, Near Logan Springs, Nevada, 1871
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Roger Minick

Untitled, 1977
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American

Untitled (Rochester Falls), ca. 1900
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Edward Sheriff Curtis

An Inland Waterway, 1914
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Henry Hamilton Bennett

In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River: Looking out of Boat Cave, No. 150, ca. 1890
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William H. Bell

Perched Rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona, 1872
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Leander Baker

View of Providence Storefronts, ca.1895
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Stephen Shore

U.S. 10, Post Falls, Idaho, 1974
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Barbara Crane

Cloudscape, 1969
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Walker Evans

View of Easton, Pennsylvania, 1936
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Carleton Watkins

Cape Horn, Columbia River, 1867
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Aaron Siskind

Martha's Vineyard 114B, 1954
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Denny Moers

Birds Over Riverbed, 1993
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William Henry Jackson

Fountain Geyser Crater (Yellowstone National Park), 1871
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Jack Welpott

White Sands, 1977
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American

Untitled (Rochester Falls), ca. 1900
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Mathew B. Brady

Flirtation Walk, ca. 1865
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Frank Jay Haynes

Geyser Hill, Upper Basin, 1886
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David T. Hanson

Coal Strip Mine, Power Plant and Waste Ponds, 1984
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Ansel Adams

Half Dome, Blowing Snow, Yosemite National Park, California, ca. 1955
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Garry Winogrand

Utah, 1964
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Stephen Shore

Untitled, 1975
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Seneca Ray Stoddard

The Adirondacks, Upper Au Sable Lake from Boreas Bay, 1887
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Paul Strand

Truckman's House, New York, 1920
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James Douglas Hope

Piuio Falls, Watkins Glen, New York, ca. 1875-1899
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Garry Winogrand

Castle Rock, Colorado, 1960
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Ansel Adams

Antelope House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1942
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William Henry Jackson

Ogden Canon, Utah, 1872
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Minor White

Driftwood and Eye, 1951
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Clarence H. White

Morning, 1905
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Edward Weston

Cliff with Seagull, Point Lobos, 1946
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Unknown artist

The American Falls from the Steamer "Maid of the Mist," Niagara Falls, U.S.A., ca. 1903
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Henry Hamilton Bennett

In and about the Dells of Wisconsin: Crooked Pillar near Sugar Bowl, No. 285, ca.1890
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Jerry Uelsmann

Apocalypse II, 1967
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William Henry Jackson

Pike's Peak from the Garden of the Gods, ca.1880
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J.N. (Jerome Nelson) Wilson

Untitled (Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia), ca. 1880
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Berenice Abbott

New York at Night, 1932
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George N. Barnard

Nashville from the Capitol, 1864-1865
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Russell Lee

Box Elder County, Utah, 1940
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American

Untitled, ca. 1930
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Arthur Rothstein

Father and Sons Walking in the Face of a Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936
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Uta Barth

Field #14, 1996
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Philip Jameson

Beavertail, Jamestown, RI, 1999
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Salvatore Mancini

Fisherville Mill, Grafton, Massachusetts, 1994
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Joe Deal

Indio, California, 1978
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Joe Deal

San Bernardino, California (I), 1978
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Joe Deal

Fontana, California, 1978
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Joe Deal

Newport Beach, California, 1979
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Joe Deal

Near Beaumont, California, 1979
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Joe Deal

Brea, California, 1979
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Joe Deal

Baldwin Hills, California, 1979
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Joe Deal

Glendale, California, 1979
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Joe Deal

Hemet, California, 1979
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Joe Deal

Soboba Hot Springs, California (I), 1979
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Joe Deal

Santa Barbara, California, 1978
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Joe Deal

Inglewood, California, 1979
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Joe Deal

San Bernadino, California (II), 1978
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Joe Deal

San Fernando, California, 1978
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Joe Deal

Monrovia, California, 1979
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Joe Deal

photograph, 1979
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Joe Deal

Palm Springs, California, 1979
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Joe Deal

Chatsworth, California, 1980
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Joe Deal

Colton, California, 1978
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Christopher Grant La Farge

Wesquage Beach Inlet, ca. 1900
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Christopher Grant La Farge

Fields, South County, ca. 1900
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Christopher Grant La Farge

Bay at Sunset, ca. 1900
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Joe Deal

Kite, Chino Hills, California,, 1984
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Oliver Gagliani

Untitled, 1966
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Frederick Sommer

Arizona Landscape, 1943
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American

Providence Panorama from Grosvenor or Banigan Building, ca. 1903
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Scott Lapham

Providence Cold Storage #1, Demolished 1999, 1999
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John Dowell

Wacker Drive, 2005
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Thomas Struth

Yosemite National Park, 2004
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An-My Lê

29 Palms: Captain Folsom, 2003-2004
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Ralston Crawford

High Tension Lines, ca. 1950
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Laura McPhee

Judy Tracking Radio-Collared Wolves From Her Yard, Summer Range, H-Hook Ranch, Custer County, Idaho, 2004
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Peter Feresten

E. Hattie Street, Fort Worth, TX, 1983
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Emmet Gowin

Aeration Pond, Toxic Water Treatment Facility, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1989
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Emmet Gowin

Erosion in a Dark Field, Pivot Agriculture Near the Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, 1991
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Oliver Gagliani

Untitled, 1948
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Oliver Gagliani

Untitled, 1962
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Brett Weston

Untitled (Brooklyn Bridge with Automobiles, New York), ca. 1945-47
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Brett Weston

Pond, 1950
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Linda Connor

Stones, Kau Desert, Hawaii, 1991
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Sage Sohier

British Red Coat Re-enactor, Battle of Concord and Lexington, Lexington, MA, 2002
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Lee Friedlander

Mechanics' Monument, San Francisco, California, 1972
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John Divola

Zuma #28, 1978
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John Divola

Zuma #8, 1977
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Arthur Wesley Dow

Untitled, 1906
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Harry Callahan

Eleanor, Chicago, 1952
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Terry Evans

Terraced plowing with a grass waterway, 1991
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Robbert Flick

S.V. 033/81, East of Lancaster, California, 1981
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Millee Tibbs

Self-Portrait in the Fog, 2009
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Neal Rantoul

Near Pullman, Washington, 2009, 2009
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Mary Kocol

Unexpected Fireworks over Somerville, Massachusetts, 2006
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Justin Kimball

Deep Hole, New Hampshire, 2002
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Laura McPhee

Smoke from a Wildfire Ignited by Sparks from a Burn Barrell, Champion Creek, Custer County, Idaho, 2005
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Harold Jones

Storm, 1977
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Harold Jones

Baptism, Sabino Canyon, 1978
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Harold Jones

With Emmet, 1978
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Harold Jones

Back Porch, 5:30 p.m., 1978
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Steven B. Smith

Coolers, Ivins, Utah, 2007
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Josephine Sittenfeld

Ethan, Puffer's Pond, 2010
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Michael Cevoli

Cottage Street Mill with Houses, Franklin, MA 2008, 2008
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American

Westminster Street, from Market Square, Providence, RI, 1874
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Thomas Barrow

f/t/s Cancellations - Horizon Rib, 1974
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Thomas Barrow

f/t/s Cancellations (Brown) -- Field Star, 1975
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Frank Gohlke

Edge of landslide - debris flow, below Coldwater Lake containment dam - 8 miles NW of Mt. St. Helens, Washington, 1981
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Frank Gohlke

Aerial View: Fir and hardwood forest outside of blast zone - vicinity of Mt. St. Helens, Washington, 1981
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Frank Gohlke

Near Crowley, Texas, 1978
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Frank Gohlke

Salvaging dead timber on Spud Mountain - looking NE at Coldwater Lake from a point 7.5 miles NW of Mt. St. Helens, Washington, 1982
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Frank Gohlke

Aerial View: Edge of eruption impact zone showing blown-down, standing dead and living trees. Salvage in progress. Approximately 14 miles NW of Mt. St. Helens, Washington, 1981
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Anthony Hernandez

Angeles National Forest, 1987
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Mark Klett

First Camp of the Season: June 29/30 1979, "Bread Loaf Rock" City of Rocks, Idaho, 1979
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Oliver Gagliani

Untitled, 1958
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Lewis Baltz

Reno - Sparks, Looking South, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

Hidden Valley, Looking South, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

Hidden Valley, Looking Southwest, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

Fluorescent Tube, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

US 50, East of Carson City, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

New Construction, Shadow Mountain, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

Night Construction, Reno, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

Model Home, Shadow Mountain, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

B Street, Sparks, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

Mill Street, Reno, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

Lemmon Valley, Looking North, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

Lemmon Valley, Looking Northwest, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

Lemmon Valley, Looking Northwest, Toward Stead, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

Nevada 33, Looking West, 1977
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Lewis Baltz

Mustang Bridge Exit, Interstate 80, 1977
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John Pfahl

Red Setters in Red Field, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1976
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Willard Van Dyke

Death Valley Dunes, 1930
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Eleanor Antin

100 Boots Taking the Hill (1), Lomas Santa Fe, California, June 13, 1972, 1972
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Eleanor Antin

100 Boots Taking the Hill (2), Lomas Santa Fe, California, June 13, 1972, 1972
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Eleanor Antin

100 Boots Taking the Hill (3), Lomas Santa Fe, California, June 13, 1972, 1972
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Eleanor Antin

100 Boots Taking the Hill (4), Lomas Santa Fe, California, June 13, 1972, 1972
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Eleanor Antin

100 Boots Taking the Hill (5), Lomas Santa Fe, California, June 13, 1972, 1972
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Henry Bosse

From Foot of Boulanger Slough Looking Downstream, 1891
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Alec Soth

2008_08zl0031, 2008
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Justine Kurland

Smoke Bombs, 2000
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Doug Rickard

#82.948842, Detroit, MI, 2009, 2010
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Henry Wessel

Night Walk, Los Angeles, No. 28, 1995
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Koichiro Kurita

Weeping Beech V, Southold Long Island, NY, 2008
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Lucas Foglia

Greg and Zane, After Horn Hunting, Wyoming, 2011
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Jesse Burke

Bleachers, 2007
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Jesse Burke

Woodchuck, 2005
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Jesse Burke

Spring Training, Nils, 2005

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America in View : Landscape Photography 1865 to Now

September 21, 2012 - January 13, 2013
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