Photographs
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 6,405 artworks
The Met's photography collection spans the entire history of the medium, from 1839 to the present. With more than 75,000 works, the collection includes masterworks by Alfred Stieglitz, Walker Evans, Diane Arbus, and many contemporary photographers.
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Penny Picture Display, Savannah
Walker Evans
1936
Two Pupils in Greek Dress
Thomas Eakins
1883
![[Thomas Eakins and John Laurie Wallace on a Beach] by Thomas Eakins](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/thomas-eakins-and-john-laurie-wallace-on-a-beach-271890.webp)
[Thomas Eakins and John Laurie Wallace on a Beach]
Thomas Eakins
ca. 1883
Black Cañon, From Camp 8, Looking Above
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
1871
View on the Columbia, Cascades
Carleton E. Watkins
1867
Julia Jackson
Julia Margaret Cameron
1867
Cape Horn near Celilo
Carleton E. Watkins
1867
Zoe, Maid of Athens
Julia Margaret Cameron
1866
Philip Stanhope Worsley
Julia Margaret Cameron
1866
Ruins of Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond
Alexander Gardner|Mathew B. Brady
1865
The Town on the Hill, New Almaden
Carleton E. Watkins
1863
![[Fontainebleau Forest] by Eugène Cuvelier](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/fontainebleau-forest-265904.webp)
[Fontainebleau Forest]
Eugène Cuvelier
early 1860s
![[Woman Seen from the Back] by Onésipe Aguado de las Marismas](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/woman-seen-from-the-back-283121.webp)
[Woman Seen from the Back]
Onésipe Aguado de las Marismas
ca. 1862
The Refectory of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes
Charles Nègre
1858–59
![[Reclining Odalisque] by Roger Fenton](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/reclining-odalisque-282039.webp)
[Reclining Odalisque]
Roger Fenton
1858
![[The Great Wave, Sète] by Gustave Le Gray](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/the-great-wave-ste-261941.webp)
[The Great Wave, Sète]
Gustave Le Gray
1857
![[Landscape with Clouds] by Roger Fenton](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/landscape-with-clouds-282040.webp)
[Landscape with Clouds]
Roger Fenton
probably 1856
![[Female Nude in Studio] by Franck-François-Genès Chauvassaignes](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/female-nude-in-studio-282602.webp)
[Female Nude in Studio]
Franck-François-Genès Chauvassaignes
1856–59
Eugène Pelletan
Nadar
1855–59
![[Entrance to the Port of Boulogne] by Edouard Baldus](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/entrance-to-the-port-of-boulogne-266644.webp)
[Entrance to the Port of Boulogne]
Edouard Baldus
1855
Pierrot Laughing
Adrien Tournachon|Nadar|Jean-Charles Deburau
1855
Medinet-Habu
John Beasley Greene
1854
American Barque "Jane Tudor," Conway Bay
David Johnson
ca. 1855
![[Flower Study, Rose of Sharon] by Adolphe Braun](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/flower-study-rose-of-sharon-265726.webp)
[Flower Study, Rose of Sharon]
Adolphe Braun
ca. 1854
Saint-Maclou, Rouen
Edmond Bacot
1852–54
![[Large Figures on the North Porch, Chartres Cathedral] by Henri-Jean-Louis Le Secq](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/large-figures-on-the-north-porch-chartres-266284.webp)
[Large Figures on the North Porch, Chartres Cathedral]
Henri-Jean-Louis Le Secq
1852
![[Female Nude, Reclining, in Profile] by Julien Vallou de Villeneuve](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/female-nude-reclining-in-profile-266982.webp)
[Female Nude, Reclining, in Profile]
Julien Vallou de Villeneuve
ca. 1853
![[Farmyard Scene] by V. Dijon](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/farmyard-scene-266983.webp)
[Farmyard Scene]
V. Dijon
1850–54
![[The Salon of Baron Gros] by Baron Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/the-salon-of-baron-gros-291739.webp)
[The Salon of Baron Gros]
Baron Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros
1850–57
Romesnil
Louis-Rémy Robert
1850–55
![[Cornelius Conway Felton with His Hat and Coat] by John Adams Whipple](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/cornelius-conway-felton-with-his-hat-and-coat-282046.webp)
[Cornelius Conway Felton with His Hat and Coat]
John Adams Whipple
early 1850s
Alfred Thompson Gobert
Louis-Rémy Robert
1849–55
![[Oak Tree and Rocks, Forest of Fontainebleau] by Gustave Le Gray](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/oak-tree-and-rocks-forest-of-fontainebleau-283626.webp)
[Oak Tree and Rocks, Forest of Fontainebleau]
Gustave Le Gray
1849–52
Lemuel Shaw
Albert Sands Southworth|Josiah Johnson Hawes|Southworth and Hawes
ca. 1850
Henri-Charles Maniglier
Unknown
ca. 1850
![[Two Standing Female Nudes] by Félix-Jacques-Antoine Moulin](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/two-standing-female-nudes-282051.webp)
[Two Standing Female Nudes]
Félix-Jacques-Antoine Moulin
ca. 1850
![[Landscape with Cottage] by Marie-Charles-Isidore Choiselat|Stanislas Ratel](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/landscape-with-cottage-267087.webp)
[Landscape with Cottage]
Marie-Charles-Isidore Choiselat|Stanislas Ratel
1844
![[Newhaven Fishwives] by David Octavius Hill|Robert Adamson|Hill and Adamson](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/newhaven-fishwives-282022.webp)
[Newhaven Fishwives]
David Octavius Hill|Robert Adamson|Hill and Adamson
ca. 1845
Wrack
William Henry Fox Talbot
1839
![[The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey] by William Henry Fox Talbot](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/the-oriel-window-south-gallery-lacock-abbey-282004.webp)
[The Oriel Window, South Gallery, Lacock Abbey]
William Henry Fox Talbot
probably 1835
Buzz Aldrin's Footprint on the Surface of the Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
1969
![[Lunar Surface Photographed by Surveyor V] by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/lunar-surface-photographed-by-surveyor-v-284701.webp)
[Lunar Surface Photographed by Surveyor V]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
1967
Day 322, Survey U, Sectors 15 and 16
United States Geological Survey|National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
1967
Far Side of the Moon at Apolune
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)|Eastman Kodak Co.
1967
Crater Kepler and Vicinity
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)|Eastman Kodak Co.
1967
Crater Aristarchus, Schroter's Valley, and Vicinity
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)|Eastman Kodak Co.
1967
Close-Up of Crater Copernicus
Eastman Kodak Co.|National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
November 23, 1966
Buzz Aldrin on the Moon with the American Flag
Neil Armstrong|National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)|Buzz Aldrin
1969