Papa Inocencio X

Retrato del Papa Inocencio X.

Roma, 1650

by Diego Velázquez

Oil on canvas

Patti Smith

Patti Smith, 1979

Photo: Robert Mapplethorpe

Gelatin silver print

Rosa

Rosa - Alone with the sea, 1929

Photo: Nell Dorr

David Hockney

David Hockney Self-portrait, 1954

Collage on newsprint

Alfred Stieglitz

Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz, 1907

Photo: Edward J. Steichen

Alberto García-Alix

Female study, 1978

Photo: Alberto García-Alix

Cindy Sherman

Untitled # 96, 1981

Photo: Cindy Sherman

Aerial Lift Bridge

Aerial Lift Bridge

Duluth, Minnesota ca.1905

Unknown photographer

Lady in Blue

A young woman mails a letter in a pillar box

Oxford, England, 1928

Photo: Clifton R. Adams

Marlene Revisited

Publicity photo of Marlene Dietrich

for the film Shanghai Express, 1932

Photo: Don English

(Paramount Pictures)

David Lynch

David Lynch and Isabella Rossellini

Los Angeles, 1988

Photo: Helmut Newton

Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe Self-Portrait, 1980

Gelatin silver print

Car Crash

Car Crash by Andy Warhol

Screenprint on Curtis Rag paper

Photo Galerie Bastian

Lucinda Childs

Lucinda Childs' hands, 1985

Photo: Robert Mapplethorpe

Varanasi

Varanasi (formerly Benares),

Vishnu temples on the Ganges, 1866

Photo: Samuel Bourne

Infanta Margarita

Infanta Margarita in a Blue Dress, 1659

by Diego Velázquez

Oil on canvas

Robert Oppenheimer

Robert Oppenheimer, 1956

Photo: Yousuf Karsh

Gelatin silver print

Drunken Man

Drunken man slumped outside restaurant,

New York, ca.1945

Photo: Weegee

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen, 1865

Photo: Henrik Tilemann

Psycho

Psycho, 1960

Poster by Saul Bass

Cindy Sherman

Untitled Film Still, No.10, 1978

Photo: Cindy Sherman

Gelatin-silver print

Young Man in Curlers

A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street,

N.Y.C. 1966

Photo: Diane Arbus

Vicky

Vicky, ca.1955

Photo: Weegee

Restaurant Rispal

Restaurant Rispal at Asnières, 1887

by Vincent van Gogh

Oil on canvas

Chatham Square

Chatham Square in Manhattan in 1905

Photo: Detroit Publishing Company

Loading Reeds

Two men loading reeds onto boat,

England, 1886

Photo: Peter Henry Emerson

Emperor Hirohito

Emperor Hirohito after his enthronement ceremony

in 1928, dressed in sokutai.

Photo: Imperial Household Agency

Abdullahi Mohammed

Abdullahi Mohammed with Gumu,

Ogere-Remo, Nigeria, 2007

Photo: Pieter Hugo

Pieter Hugo

Self-portrait of Pieter Hugo,

Cape Town, 2009

Descending Nude

Nude Descending a Staircase, No.2, 1912

by Marcel Duchamp

Oil on canvas

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp

New York City, 1959

Photo: Alexander Liberman