Curatorial Movement Collection

photography and media

Historic Masterpiece Collection & Curatorial Archive

Explore high-resolution public domain masterworks associated with photography and media. Preserved by world-leading cultural institutions and museums, these works showcase the artistic evolutions, techniques, and cultural perspectives of their era.

Public Domain HeritageHigh-Resolution DigitizationMuseum ProvenanceArtistic Techniques

11 Masterpieces Cataloged•Dynamic Discovery Stream

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Two Plant Specimens

William Henry Fox Talbot English, 1800–1877, 1839

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Georgia O'Keeffe—Hands and Thimble

Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946, 1919

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Big River, from the Rancherie, Mendocino, California

Carleton E. Watkins American, 1829-1916, 1863

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Mrs. Herbert Duckworth

Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879, April 1867

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Frederick Douglass

Samuel J. Miller American, 1822–1888, 1847-52

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Georgia O'Keeffe—Torso

Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946, 1918

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The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846

David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848), 1846

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Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina

Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940, 1908

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Italian Family, Chicago

Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940, 1910

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Jicarilla Apache Brave and Squaw, lately wedded. Abiquiu Agency, New Mexico

Timothy O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882) commissioned by George Wheeler for the War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1874

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Julia Jackson

Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879, 1867

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