photography

Monday's image: May 9, 2016

Samuel Masury, Frances L. Clalin (alias "Jack Williams") 4 mo. heavy artillery Co. I, 13 mo. Calvary Co. A. 22 months, Albumen print on carte de visite mount, 1865, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Monday's image: February 15, 2016

Walker Evans, Men Seated on Steps of Public Building, Southeastern U.S., Film negative, 35 mm, 1934-35, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Monday's image: February 8, 2016

Elsa Medina, Nido de las Águilas, Tijuana, Baja California, Gelatin silver print, 8 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches, 1996; printed 2011, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California

Monday's image: November 9, 2015

Gordon Ward Gahan, Reservoir Shrinks as Drought Continues: New York, Gelatin silver print, image: 9 7/16 x 7 5/8 inches, 1965, United Press International, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts