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Exhibition

Cruel Radiance: Photography, 1940s–1960s

Overview Exhibition Objects

Goalie, Street Football, Brindley Road, Paddington, Roger Mayne British, Gelatin silver print — Goalie, Street Football, Brindley Road, Paddington
Roger Mayne
1956, printed ca. 1957

Man in Times Square, New York, Louis Stettner American, Gelatin silver print — Man in Times Square, New York
Louis Stettner
1954

R.A.F. Raid on Hamburg, British Air Ministry, Gelatin silver print — R.A.F. Raid on Hamburg
British Air Ministry
1943

[Street Scene at Night], Pim Van Os Dutch, Gelatin silver print — [Street Scene at Night]
Pim Van Os
ca. 1950

Female Impersonator, New York, Lisette Model American, born Austria, Gelatin silver print — Female Impersonator, New York
Lisette Model
ca. 1945

Seaford, East Sussex Coast, Bill Brandt British, born Germany, Gelatin silver print — Seaford, East Sussex Coast
Bill Brandt
1957

[American Troops Landing on D-Day, Omaha Beach, Normandy Coast, France], Robert Capa American, born Hungary, Gelatin silver print — [American Troops Landing on D-Day, Omaha Beach, Normandy Coast, France]
Robert Capa
1944

[Blind Veteran Outside Pennsylvania Station, New York], George Gilbert American, Gelatin silver print — [Blind Veteran Outside Pennsylvania Station, New York]
George Gilbert
1946

Corner of State and Randolph Streets, Chicago, Walker Evans American, Gelatin silver print — Corner of State and Randolph Streets, Chicago
Walker Evans
1946

[Operation Crossroads: 21 Kiloton "Baker" Bomb Detonated Ninety Feet Underwater, Bikini Atoll Lagoon, South Pacific, July 25, 1946], U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps, Gelatin silver print — [Operation Crossroads: 21 Kiloton "Baker" Bomb Detonated Ninety Feet Underwater, Bikini Atoll Lagoon, South Pacific, July 25, 1946]
U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps
1946

Train Station, Bologna, Mario De Biasi Italian, Gelatin silver print — Train Station, Bologna
Mario De Biasi
1952

Seller of Dried Chestnuts, Carobs, and Various Seeds, Naples, Mario De Biasi Italian, Gelatin silver print — Seller of Dried Chestnuts, Carobs, and Various Seeds, Naples
Mario De Biasi
1954

New York, Mario De Biasi Italian, Gelatin silver print — New York
Mario De Biasi
1955

Trastevere, Rome, Mario De Biasi Italian, Gelatin silver print — Trastevere, Rome
Mario De Biasi
1947

U.S. 90, En Route to Del Rio, Texas, Robert Frank American, born Switzerland, Gelatin silver print — U.S. 90, En Route to Del Rio, Texas
Robert Frank
1955

Parade–Hoboken, New Jersey, Robert Frank American, born Switzerland, Gelatin silver print — Parade–Hoboken, New Jersey
Robert Frank
1955

Restaurant – U.S. 1 leaving Columbia, South Carolina, Robert Frank American, born Switzerland, Gelatin silver print — Restaurant – U.S. 1 leaving Columbia, South Carolina
Robert Frank
1955

Chinese Cemetery–San Francisco, Robert Frank American, born Switzerland, Gelatin silver print — Chinese Cemetery–San Francisco
Robert Frank
1956

[Corpses in the Crematorium Mortuary in the Newly Liberated Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany], Unknown, Gelatin silver print — [Corpses in the Crematorium Mortuary in the Newly Liberated Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany]
Unknown
April 29–May 10, 1945

Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Robert Frank American, born Switzerland, Gelatin silver print — Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Robert Frank
1955

[Woman on Steps], Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, Gelatin silver print with applied media — [Woman on Steps]
Saul Steinberg
1950

[Diner Counter with Cake Stand], William Eggleston American, Gelatin silver print — [Diner Counter with Cake Stand]
William Eggleston
1960–65

Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa", Aaron Rose American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa"
Aaron Rose
1968–69

Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa", Aaron Rose American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa"
Aaron Rose
1968–69

Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa", Aaron Rose American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa"
Aaron Rose
1968–69

Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa", Aaron Rose American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa"
Aaron Rose
1968–69

Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa", Aaron Rose American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa"
Aaron Rose
1968–69

Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa", Aaron Rose American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa"
Aaron Rose
1968–69

Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa", Aaron Rose American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa"
Aaron Rose
1968–69

Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa", Aaron Rose American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa"
Aaron Rose
1968–69

Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa", Aaron Rose American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa"
Aaron Rose
1968–69

Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa", Aaron Rose American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled, from the series "Gem Spa"
Aaron Rose
1968–69

[Riders on a Moving Train near Johannesburg, South Africa], Ernest Cole South African, Gelatin silver print — [Riders on a Moving Train near Johannesburg, South Africa]
Ernest Cole
1962–1966

Dying Cambodian Paratrooper Hit by the Same Mortar Shell that Hit McCullin, Don McCullin British, Gelatin silver print — Dying Cambodian Paratrooper Hit by the Same Mortar Shell that Hit McCullin
Don McCullin
1970

My First Day in Vietnam, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Don McCullin British, Gelatin silver print — My First Day in Vietnam, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Don McCullin
1964

Shell Shocked Marine, Vietnam, Hue, Don McCullin British, Gelatin silver print — Shell Shocked Marine, Vietnam, Hue
Don McCullin
1968

Rodney, Age 19, Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, Elaine Mayes American, Gelatin silver print — Rodney, Age 19, Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco
Elaine Mayes
September 3, 1968

Cuba, Paolo Gasparini Venezuelan, born Italy, Gelatin silver print — Cuba
Paolo Gasparini
1961–65

Nudist lady with swan sunglasses, Pa., Diane Arbus American, Gelatin silver print — Nudist lady with swan sunglasses, Pa.
Diane Arbus
1965

Couple in bed, N.Y.C., Diane Arbus American, Gelatin silver print — Couple in bed, N.Y.C.
Diane Arbus
1966

[Grace Hartigan, Aristodimos Kaldis, and George Spaventa at the Cedar Tavern, New York], John Cohen American, Gelatin silver print — [Grace Hartigan, Aristodimos Kaldis, and George Spaventa at the Cedar Tavern, New York]
John Cohen
Grace Hartigan
1959

New York, Helen Levitt American, Gelatin silver print — New York
Helen Levitt
ca. 1939

Mexico City, Helen Levitt American, Gelatin silver print — Mexico City
Helen Levitt
1941

Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn, and Truman Capote, Richard Avedon American, Gelatin silver print — Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn, and Truman Capote
Richard Avedon
1957

Memory of War Defeat, Ruins on Dockyard in Toyokawa, Aichi, Shomei Tomatsu Japanese, Gelatin silver print — Memory of War Defeat, Ruins on Dockyard in Toyokawa, Aichi
Shomei Tomatsu
1959, printed 1990

Front, nos. 1–2, August 19, 1942, Hara Hiromu Japanese — Front, nos. 1–2, August 19, 1942
Hara Hiromu
Okada Sozo
1942

Hiroshima - Nagasaki Document 1961, Shomei Tomatsu Japanese — Hiroshima - Nagasaki Document 1961
Shomei Tomatsu
Ken Domon
1961

Hiroshima, Ken Domon Japanese — Hiroshima
Ken Domon
1958

Kitarubeki kotoba no tame ni (For a Language to Come), Nakahira Takuma Japanese — Kitarubeki kotoba no tame ni (For a Language to Come)
Nakahira Takuma
1970

Barakei (Killed by Roses), Eikoh Hosoe Japanese — Barakei (Killed by Roses)
Eikoh Hosoe
Mishima Yukio
1963

Tokyo, Cho Hyonchi Japanese — Tokyo
Cho Hyonchi
1966

Chizu (The Map), Kikuji Kawada Japanese — Chizu (The Map)
Kikuji Kawada
1965

11:02 Nagasaki, Shomei Tomatsu Japanese — 11:02 Nagasaki
Shomei Tomatsu
1966

Sheep Going to Slaughter, Early Morning, Near the Caledonian Road, London, Don McCullin British, Gelatin silver print — Sheep Going to Slaughter, Early Morning, Near the Caledonian Road, London
Don McCullin
1965

Roy DeCarava

1955

Ellington Session Break

Roy DeCarava

1954

Oliver Beener Group #4

Roy DeCarava

1956