Framing a Century
Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840–1940
June 3 - September 1, 2008
From the Met website:
The exhibition tells the story of photography’s first 100 years through the work of key figures who helped shape the aesthetic and expressive course of the medium: Gustave Le Gray, Roger Fenton, Carleton Watkins, William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Nadar, Édouard Baldus, Charles Marville, Eugène Atget, Walker Evans, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Brassaï. The exhibition presents 10 to 12 iconic works by each of these artists to convey a broad sense of their contributions to photography. Many of the works are drawn from the Museum’s 2005 acquisition of the Gilman Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Howard Gilman Gallery, 2nd floor