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Photography has the power to capture history the moment it happens. Check out the video above for some of the most iconic, powerful photos throughout history
Showing the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam—the deadliest single day in the American Civil War [s 3] [s 4] The Scourged Back: c. 2 April 1863: McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States Albumen print One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement. [s 4] Cartes de Visite: May - August 1863 Andre ...
In 2021, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in Washington, D.C., announced the acquisition of a private collection of early photographs, taken between the 1840s and the mid-1920s, with 40 daguerreotypes made by three 19th century African American photographers.
Image credits: Campanile Fine Art, Inc. Artwork by Dario Campanile On October 2, 1932, The New York Herald-Tribune published an image that captured the curious eyes of millions of people. Many ...
The gallery's first photography exhibit, "Facing the Light: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes", opened in September 1978. [3] It also continued to build its other collections. In February 1977, the museum acquired an 1880 self-portrait by Mary Cassatt, one of only two painted by her. [3]
Built into a remote canyon in northeastern New Mexico, Chaco Canyon may be less famous than Mesa Verde but remains one of the most important Ancestral Puebloan sites in America. Featuring one of ...
The West as America, Reinterpreting Images of the Frontier, 1820–1920 was an art exhibition organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum (then known as the National Museum of American Art, or NMAA) in Washington, D.C. in 1991, featuring a large collection of paintings, photographs, and other visual art created during the period from 1820 to 1920 which depicted images and iconography of ...
Pages in category "Photography museums and galleries in the United States" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .