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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Money Plant (Annual Honesty), Lunaria annua, from the series Photographic Survey of the American Yard by Joshua White, Image 1.

    Joshua White

    Money Plant (Annual Honesty), Lunaria annua, from the series Photographic Survey of the American Yard, 2013

    Archival pigment print

    4 x 4 in (10.16 x 10.16 cm)

  2. Dumont Farm, Iowa by Stephen Shames, Image 1.

    Stephen Shames

    Dumont Farm, Iowa, 1985

    Gelatin silver print

    8.625 x 13.25 in (21.91 x 33.66 cm)

  3. Palette by James Welling, Image 1.

    James Welling

    Palette, 1976

    Pigment print

    3.375 x 4.25 in (8.57 x 10.8 cm)

  4. Buffalo Dancer: New Mexico (State I) by Fritz Scholder, Image 1.

    Fritz Scholder

    Buffalo Dancer: New Mexico (State I), 1975

    Screenprint in colors on wove paper

    30 x 22 in (76.2 x 55.88 cm)

  5. High Priest with Scepters by Harvey Breverman, Image 1.

    Harvey Breverman

    High Priest with Scepters, 1972

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 28.5 in (56.52 x 72.39 cm)

  6. Untitled No. 8, from "The Basque Suite" by Robert Motherwell, Image 1.

    Robert Motherwell

    Untitled No. 8, from "The Basque Suite", 1970

    Silkscreen on paper

    22.5 x 17 in (57.15 x 43.18 cm)

  7. Todd Webb

    The Day The Montgomery Ward Catalogs Arrived, 1959

    Gelatin silver print

    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

  8. Jan Asselyn, Painter by Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt, Image 1.

    Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt

    Jan Asselyn, Painter, c. 1647

    Etching on paper

    8 x 7 in (20.32 x 17.78 cm)

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About the artist

Philippe Halsman

Latvian-American

1906-1979

A Latvian-American portrait photographer. Halsman lived in Austria for a period of time, until he was convicted of a crime and later left the country for France. In France, Halsman worked for Vogue and other fashion editorials, and soon became a highly sought-after photographer due to his skill in lighting, sharp focus, and expertly cropped photos. He later obtained a US visa and came to the states to persue fashion and cosmetic photographic advertising. In 1942, Halsman began working for LIFE magazine, which featured many of his images on the front covers of its issues. Halsman is also an author, and wrote photographic skills books such as Halsman on the Creation of Photographic Ideas.