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LL/38852
ThumbnailRoger Fenton 
The Queen's target 
1860 
Albumen print 
28.1 x 24.5 cm 
Royal Photograph Collection 
The Royal Collection ® 2010, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, RCIN 2941855 
  

  
LL/43441
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
1920s series production CitroÙn, France 
1920
Gelatin silver print 
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) 

  
LL/16537
ThumbnailLaurie Archer 
Leavings 1 
n.d. 
Solar plate etching 
7 x 10 in 
Verve Gallery of Photography 
© Laurie Archer - Courtesy of Verve Fine Arts Gallery 
  

  
LL/14552
ThumbnailKarl Blossfeldt 
Asclepias speciosa. Milkweed. Umbel enlarged 8 times. 
[Urformen der Kunst / Art Forms in Nature, Pl. 116] 
1929 (2nd edition) 
Gravure 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs 

  
LL/26700
ThumbnailJens Knigge 
Bowel 9 
2004 
Platinum/palladium print, handcoated 
16 x 21 cm (print) 22,5 x 27,5 cm (paper) 
Provided by the artist - Jens Knigge 

  
LL/40605
ThumbnailHenry Fox Talbot 
[Dandelion Seeds] (Detail) 
1858 (or later) 
Photogravure (photoglyphic engraving from a copper plate), Detail 
10.5 x 7.6 cm (4 1/8 x 3 ins) (image) 12.5 x 9.4 cm (4 15/16 x 3 11/16 ins) (plate) 15.1 x 11.3 cm (5 15/16 x 4 7/16 ins) (sheet) 
Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Rogers Fund, 2004, Accession Number: 2004.111 
  

  
LL/43902
ThumbnailHarold E. Edgerton 
Milk drop 
1950
Gelatin silver print, cropped 
24.2 x 19.3 cm (image) 25.5 x 20.5 cm (mat) 
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions 
Van Ham - Contemporary Photographs, Literature on Photography (June 10, 2011) Lot: 1056 
  

  
LL/16807
ThumbnailDavid Maisel 
Oblivion 1382-52p 
2004 
 
Kopeikin Gallery 
© David Maisel, Courtesy Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles 
  

  
LL/24272
ThumbnailMan Ray 
Untitled 
1926 
Gelatin silver print 
11¢ x 8+in. (29.2 x 21 cm) 
Christie's - London 
Courtesy of Christies, London (Sale: 7434 - Photographs, Lot: 54 - Nov 13, 2007) 
  
10 
  
LL/22201
ThumbnailAaron Siskind 
Jerome 20 
1949 (taken) 1957 (print) 
Gelatin silver print 
h: 16.5 x w: 12 in / h: 41.9 x w: 30.5 cm 
Etherton Gallery 
11 
  
LL/304
ThumbnailAndré Kertész 
Landing Pigeon, NY 
1960, 2 March 
Gelatin silver print 
9 5/8 x 7 + 
Silverstein Photography 
12 
  
LL/3576
ThumbnailAbelardo Morell 
10 Sunspots on my Door 
2004 
Gelatin silver print 
30 x 40 
Bonni Benrubi Gallery 
13 
  
LL/46078
ThumbnailHarold E. Edgerton 
Water from a faucet 
1932 
Black and white image 
MIT Museum 
The Edgerton Digital Collections (EDC) project - Mit Museum number: HEE-NC-32001 
  
14 
  
LL/3950
ThumbnailAbelardo Morell 
Two Forks Under Water 
1993 
 
Catherine Edelman Gallery 
15 
  
LL/27588
ThumbnailCarl Strüwe 
Crystals (Komposition aus Kristallen) 
1947 
Gelatin silver print, Microphotograph, multiple exposure 
24.5 x 18.2 cm 
Carl-Strüwe-Archiv 
© Carl-Struwe-Archiv, Bielefeld, Germany (STR-1-136) 
  
16 
  
LL/7071
ThumbnailRené-Jacques 
Zone: porte de Clignancourt 
1948 
Tirage argentique 
29.5 x 22.5 cm 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie 
Estampes et Photographie, Estampes et Photographie. Ep 15 (1) Fol. Dépôt Légal, 1948 
  
17 
  
LL/5718
ThumbnailHerb Ritts 
Boris Becker IV, Miami 
1997 
Gelatin silver print 
Staley+Wise Gallery 
18 
  
LL/43905
ThumbnailPeter Keetman 
Hintere Kotflügel 
[VW-Werk] 
1953 (taken) 
Gelatin silver print, cropped 
39.4 x 30.4 cm (mat) 
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions 
Van Ham - Contemporary Photographs, Literature on Photography (June 10, 2011) Lot: 1103 
  
19 
  
LL/43899
ThumbnailBerenice Abbott 
Magnetism and Electricity 1 
1950 (ca) 
Gelatin silver print 
34,7 x 27,3 cm (image) 35,4 x 27,9cm (mat) 
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions 
Van Ham - Contemporary Photographs, Literature on Photography (June 10, 2011) Lot: 1000 
  
20 
  
LL/29199
ThumbnailEdward Steichen 
Cigarettes and matches 
1920
Gelatin silver print 
9,9 x 9,2 cm 
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions 
Van Ham - Contemporary Photographs, Literature on Photography (June 14, 2008) Lot: 263 
  
21 
  
LL/46073
ThumbnailHarold E. Edgerton 
Schlieren photograph of shock waves in the air produced by a .22 caliber bullet 
1970 (likely) 
Black and white image 
MIT Museum 
The Edgerton Digital Collections (EDC) project - Mit Museum number: HEE-SC-07693 
  
22 
  
LL/41140
ThumbnailWright Morris 
Maize [Mais] 
1943 (ca) 
Gelatin silver print 
23.8 x 19.5 cm 
CEROS - Jean-Mathieu Martini / Serge Plantureux 
Binoche et Giquello, épreuves choisies, 18 november 2010, lot no: 216 
  
23 
  
LL/42111
ThumbnailHarold E. Edgerton 
Bouncing Ball 
1939 (ca, taken) 1970s (mid-late, taken) 
Silver print 
8 1/2 x 12 3/4 ins (21.5 x 32.3 cm) 
Swann Galleries - New York 
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, "Important Photograms & Photobooks", Dec 9, 2010, #2233, Lot 161) 
  
24 
  
LL/15996
ThumbnailWilson A. Bentley 
Snowcrystal 
1895 (ca) 
Albumen print 
3 x 4 in (7.5 x 10 cm) 
Swann Galleries - New York 
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 7, 2006, #2097, Lot 372) 
  
25 
  
LL/40655
ThumbnailBerenice Abbott 
Photograph design for a wastebasket 
1931 
Gelatin silver print 
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins (19.1 x 24.1 cm) 
Philadelphia Museum of Art 
The Lynne and Harold Honickman Gift of the Julien Levy Collection, 2001, 2001-62-1506 
  
26 
  
LL/43869
ThumbnailPaul Strand 
New York (rooftops) 
1916 
Photogravure 
5 1/4 x 6 3/4 ins (13.3 x 17.1 cm) 
Swann Galleries - New York 
Important Photobooks & Photographs, May 19, 2011, Sale 2248 Lot: 248 
  
27 
  
LL/42970
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Aerial photograph of Heathrow Airport 
1955 
Gelatin silver print 
National Archives 
Catalogue Reference: BT 219/115, No known copyright restrictions. 
  
28 
  
LL/25828
ThumbnailTodd Webb 
Brooklyn Bridge 
1946 
Gelatin silver print 
5 x 7 in 
Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs 
29 
  
LL/35604
ThumbnailMargaret Bourke-White 
Rims Stacked for Drying and Machining 
1934 
Gelatin silver print 
9 x 11 3/4 in (22.9 x 29.8 cm) 
Swann Galleries - New York 
Sale 2208 Lot 88 
  
30 
  
LL/37923
ThumbnailMargaret Bourke-White 
Night view of Allied anti-aircraft tracer bullets during German air raid, Algiers, Algeria 
1943 
Gelatin silver print 
10 1/2 x 13 1/2 ins 
Howard Greenberg Gallery 
Inventory no: 0076291 
  
31 
  
LL/43152
ThumbnailAaron Siskind 
Alcoman, Mexico 
1955 (taken) 1968 (or earlier, print) 
Gelatin silver print 
10 1/2 x 13 3/8 ins (26.7 x 34 cm) 
Sotheby's - New York 
Courtesy of Sotheby's New York (Photographs, 6 April 2011, NO8730, Lot 59) 
  
32 
  
LL/452
ThumbnailHarry Callahan 
Wall, Chicago 
1947 
 
8 x 10 
Peter Fetterman Gallery 
33 
  
LL/19253
ThumbnailEdward Weston 
Artichoke Halved 
1930 (taken) 1970s (print) 
Silver print 
7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in (18.4 x 23.5 cm) 
Swann Galleries - New York 
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 22, 2007, #2115, Lot 268) 
  
34 
  
LL/25447
ThumbnailArthur Siegel 
Percept 62 
1950 
Silver print 
10 x 13 1/4 in (25.4 x 33.7 cm) 
Swann Galleries - New York 
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2007, Sale 2132 Lot 431) 
  
35 
  
LL/48284
ThumbnailMario Giacomelli 
Untitled 
[Storie della Terra] 
1970 
Gelatin silver print 
40.3 x 30.3cm (16 x 12in) 
Bloomsbury Auctions - London 
Photographs, 22 May 2012, Lot: 216 
  
36 
  
LL/26141
ThumbnailEllen Carey 
Untitled (036) 
2007 
Polaroid 
20 x 24 in (Polaroid) 24 x 22 in (image) 34 x 22 in (paper) 
JHB Gallery 
37 
  
LL/42892
ThumbnailDavid Malin 
Red spherulites, GPR melt 
1972-1973 
Photomicrograph, scanned from Kodachrome slide 
Provided by the artist - David Malin 
Courtesy of the artist, OMG 16, © David Malin 
  
38 
  
LL/4394
ThumbnailMargaret Bourke-White 
Study for RCA Mural 
1933 
Gelatin silver print 
13 x 9 
Galerie Zur Stockeregg 
39 
  
LL/31293
ThumbnailBrett Weston 
Reeds, Oregon 
1972 
Silver print 
10 1/4 x 13 1/2 in (26 x 34.3 cm) 
Swann Galleries - New York 
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction Oct 21, 2008, Lot 337) 
  
40 
  
LL/393
ThumbnailBrett Weston 
Cracked Mud Abstraction 
1969 
Gelatin silver print 
8 x 10 
Silverstein Photography 
41 
  
LL/18119
ThumbnailPierre Brochet 
Homme Accidente 
n.d. 
Photogravure 
Provided by the artist - Pierre Brochet 
42 
  
LL/31200
ThumbnailLuigi Veronesi 
Photogram [Fotogramma] 
1978 
Gelatin silver print 
30,4 x 40,3 cm 
Bloomsbury Auctions - Rome 
Bloomsbury, Rome (Nov 10, 2008, Sale 17, Lot 416) 
  
43 
  
LL/450
ThumbnailHarry Callahan 
Telephone Wires 
n.d. 
 
8 3/4 x 7 
Peter Fetterman Gallery 
44 
  
LL/44412
ThumbnailWilly Zielke 
Glasplattenstapel I [Stacking of Glass Plates I] 
1929 
Gelatin silver print 
22.9 x 17.1 cm 
Sotheby's - Paris 
Photographies, 11 November 2011, Lot 48 
  
45 
  
LL/44437
ThumbnailLucien Hervé 
Nice 
1954 (taken) 
Gelatin silver print 
25.4 x 21.6 cm 
Piasa 
Photographies, 28 October 2011, Lot 76 
  
46 
  
LL/44440
ThumbnailBrett Weston 
Tide Pool 
1974 (taken) 1980 (portfolio) 
Gelatin silver print 
28.6 x 26.9 cm 
Piasa 
Photographies, 28 October 2011, Lot 104 
  
47 
  
LL/46809
ThumbnailUmbo 
Stockings, (positive) 
1950 (ca, taken) 
Gelatin silver print 
11 7/8 x 9 3/8 ins 
L. Parker Stephenson Photographs 
48 
  
LL/27264
ThumbnailRené-Jacques 
Renault 
1953 
Gelatin silver print 
34.2 x 27.5 cm 
Artcurial 
courtesy of Artcurial (30 Jan 2008, Sale 1420, Lot 101) 
  
49 
  
LL/25461
ThumbnailJosef Sudek 
Still life (Untitled) 
[Glass Labyrinths] 
1971 
Silver print 
9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in (24.1 x 17.1 cm) 
Swann Galleries - New York 
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2007, Sale 2132 Lot 493) 
  
50 
  
LL/33839
ThumbnailMinor White 
Peeled Paint, Rochester, New York 
1959 
Gelatin silver print 
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in (24.1 x 19.1 cm) 
Swann Galleries - New York 
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 2, 2009, Photographs & Photographic Literature, Sale 2199 Lot 368) 
  
51 
  
LL/8409
ThumbnailVilma Slomp 
Rhyme of Roses 
[A Dor ("Pain") - Artist's book] 
1996 
Gelatin silver print 
40 x 40 cm 
Tepper Takayama Fine Arts 
52 
  
LL/29200
ThumbnailEdward Steichen 
Sugar Cubes 
1920
Gelatin silver print 
12 x 9,6 cm 
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions 
Van Ham - Contemporary Photographs, Literature on Photography (June 14, 2008) Lot: 264 
  
53 
  
LL/47964
ThumbnailEwald Hoinkis 
Abstraction 
1931 
Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped 
27.8 x 22.8 cm 
Bassenge Photography Auctions 
Courtesy of Bassenge, 19th-21st Century Photography, 6 June 2012, Lot: 4180 
  
54 
  
LL/7461
ThumbnailGeorge H. Seeley 
Winter Landscape 
1909 
Gum bichromate and Platinum print 
43.7 x 53.8 cm (17 3/16 x 21 3/16 in) 
Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, 2005 (2005.100.116) 
  
55 
  
LL/3836
ThumbnailMark Citret 
Empty Room 
1992 
Gelatin silver print 
8 1/2 x 11 
Catherine Edelman Gallery 
56 
  
LL/36823
ThumbnailRose-Lynn Fisher 
Eye, 370x 
2009 
Scanning electron microscope 
Provided by the artist - Rose-Lynn Fisher 
© 2009 Rose-Lynn Fisher, "Bee" (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010) 
  
57 
  
LL/26217
ThumbnailDennis Hopper 
Painted Broken Window 
1961 
Gelatin silver print 
16 x 24 in 
Ace Gallery - Los Angeles 
Courtesy of Ace Gallery 
  
58 
  
LL/29031
ThumbnailLisa M. Robinson 
Source 
[Snowbound] 
2007 
C-print 
28 x 36 in 
Provided by the artist - Lisa M. Robinson 
59 
  
LL/44794
ThumbnailCarleton E. Watkins 
Late George Cling Peaches 
1889 
Albumen print 
12 15/16 x 19 13/16 ins (32.8 x 50.3 cm) 
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York 
Acquired through the generosity of Jon L. Stryker, 896.2010 
  
60 
  
LL/44868
ThumbnailAlbert Renger-Patzsch 
Blühender Kaktus (Cactaceae Echinocactus capricornis minor) 
1920s (early, taken) 1930-1932 (print) 
Gelatin silver print 
12 x 17.2 cm (image) 13 x 18.1 cm (mat) 
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions 
Auction, Photography, 9 December 2011, Sale: 307, Lot: 1626 
  
61 
  
LL/44873
ThumbnailToni Schneiders 
Schienenspinne (Altona) 
1950, August 
Gelatin silver print 
22,4 x 30,4 cm (image) 
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions 
Auction, Photography, 9 December 2011, Sale: 307, Lot: 1664 
  
62 
  
LL/44970
ThumbnailBrett Weston 
Broken Plastic, Alaska 
1973 
Gelatin silver print 
13 1/2 x 10 1/2 ins (34.3 x 26.7 cm) 
Swann Galleries - New York 
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2011, #2265, Lot 278) 
  
63 
  
LL/46364
ThumbnailRené-Jacques 
Untitled - Laboratory 
1950
Gelatin silver print 
27 x 18 cm 
Piasa 
Sale, 3 February 2012, Lot: 262 
  
64 
  
LL/45765
ThumbnailCharles Burton 
Transit of Venus 
1874 
Photographic print 
Armagh Observatory 
65 
  
LL/47957
ThumbnailHeinz Hajek-Halke 
Weibliche Impression 
1947-1950 
Gelatin silver print 
29,5 x 24 cm 
Bassenge Photography Auctions 
Courtesy of Bassenge, 19th-21st Century Photography, 6 June 2012, Lot: 4162 
  
66 
  
LL/47958
ThumbnailHeinz Hajek-Halke 
Die Flügelmutter 
1954 
Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped 
29,2 x 24 cm 
Bassenge Photography Auctions 
Courtesy of Bassenge, 19th-21st Century Photography, 6 June 2012, Lot: 4163 
  
67 
  
LL/47959
ThumbnailHeinz Hajek-Halke 
Lichtgraphik 
1965 (ca) 
Gelatin silver print, on Agfa paper 
28 x 14.3 cm. 
Bassenge Photography Auctions 
Courtesy of Bassenge, 19th-21st Century Photography, 6 June 2012, Lot: 4164 
  
68 
  
LL/47966
ThumbnailLotte Jacobi 
Photogenic 
1946 
Gelatin silver print 
25 x 19.8 cm 
Bassenge Photography Auctions 
Courtesy of Bassenge, 19th-21st Century Photography, 6 June 2012, Lot: 4186 
  
69 
  
LL/6564
ThumbnailDe Lancey W. Gill 
Object 1899 [Wild Rice Kernels After thrashing and Winnowing] 
1899 
Black and white gelatin glass negative 
1.007 x 009 in 
Location and source information requested 
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland [BAE GN 00478B 06136100] 
  
70 
  
LL/48000
ThumbnailToni Schneiders 
Wellen im Sand (Waves in the sand) 
1967 
Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped 
29.8 x 24 cm 
Bassenge Photography Auctions 
Courtesy of Bassenge, 19th-21st Century Photography, 6 June 2012, Lot: 4304 
  
71 
  
LL/32538
ThumbnailToni Schneiders 
Perlon fabrication, Deutsche Rhodiaceta 
1953 
Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped 
22.7 x 22 cm 
Bassenge Photography Auctions 
Auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4558) 
  
72 
  
LL/20925
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer 
Untitled 
1920 
Gelatin silver print 
Ordinary Light 
 
  
 
  
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