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PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography is one of the fastest growing areas of the museum’s collection, with works from the 1830s to today, primarily by American and European photographers. These include photographs by Hill and Adamson, Peter Henry Emerson, Berenice Abbott, Ilse Bing, Robert Capa, Aaron Siskind, Mike Disfarmer, Harry Callahan, William Eggleston, Carrie Mae Weems, Vik Muniz, Shirin Neshat, Rineke Dijkstra, Latoya Ruby Frazier, Zanele Muholi, and series by Ed Ruscha, Paul McCarthy, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, and Robin Rhode, among others.

The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University owns more than 10,000 works of art. As part of its mission, the Nasher Museum created this online database to make its collections accessible to a wide audience. This is an ongoing project, so please check back periodically to browse new entries. Some data may change as a result of ongoing research.

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Diana, New York from the portfolio Photographs, Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt
1949
Gelatin silver print
1978.21.10
Soldier Section of Jewish Cemetery, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
Julian Hyman
1980
Color photograph
1983.10.78
Untitled #140 from the series Fairy Tales
Cindy Sherman
1985
Color coupler print
1992.9.1
Holding and Breaking
Lorna Simpson
1992
Polaroid dye diffusion transfer prints and engraved Plexiglas
1993.3.1
Speak, Memory of Bamboo
Hong Lei
2005
Chromogenic print
2007.2.1.1
Speak, Memory of Butterflies
Hong Lei
2005
Chromogenic print
2007.2.1.2
Speak, Memory of Dog's Tail Grass
Hong Lei
2005
Chromogenic print
2007.2.1.3
Speak, Memory of Five-Needle Pine
Hong Lei
2005
Chromogenic print
2007.2.1.4
Speak, Memory of Plum Blossoms
Hong Lei
2005
Chromogenic print
2007.2.1.5
Speak, Memory of Pomegranate
Hong Lei
2005
Chromogenic print
2007.2.1.6
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