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CREDIT: David Levinthal, Untitled, from the series "The Wild West," 1989. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Fellows of Photography Fund and Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel © 2009 David Levinthal. -
Timothy O'Sullivan, CREDIT: Ancient Ruins in the Canyon de Chelle, 1873. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Ansel Adams in memory of Albert M. Bender. -
Edward Sheriff Curtis, CREDIT: Cañon de Chelly, 1904. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. -
Darius Kinsey, CREDIT: Felling a Fir Tree, 51 Feet in Circumference, 1906. Museum of Modern Art, New York. -
Timothy O'Sullivan, CREDIT: Savage Mine, Curtis Shaft, Virginia City, Nevada, 1868. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. -
Gertrude Käsebier, CREDIT: American Indian Portrait, circa 1899. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mina Turner. -
Dorothea Lange, CREDIT: Migrant Mother, Nipomo, Calif., 1936. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase. -
Joel Sternfeld, CREDIT: After a Flash Flood, Rancho Mirage, Calif., 1979. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired with matching funds from Shirley C. Burden and the National Endowment for the Arts © 2009 Joel Sternfeld. -
Garry Winogrand, CREDIT: New Mexico, 1957. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase.