Seven Works of Art that Make Me Think About Being an American
What work of art screams ‘America’ to you? This is a reflection on works of art that make you think about national identity.
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The Civil War in Pictures
The Civil War captured in early photographs, from young New Yorkers headed to the battlefield to Robert E. Lee one week after the surrender.
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Time to Focus: Community Photoworks 2013
“I learned not to rush taking the picture, to capture the moment when you think it’s ready.”
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Getty Voices: Be a Photograph Sleuth
Meet Miriam Katz, solver of photographic mysteries.
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Getty Voices: A Tribute to Rough Fingers and Soft Hearts
A tribute to the talented men and woman of the Getty Villa's Grounds and Gardens crew.
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Getty Voices: A Young Buck on a November Morning
An eye-to-eye encounter with a young buck at the Getty Villa.
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Getty Voices: The Transformative Outer Peristyle
Stunning by day and by night, the Outer Peristyle is also a backdrop for a dramatic duck love story.
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Getty Voices: The Waltz of the Hummingbirds
Waltzing hummingbirds captured in a fleeting second by accident.
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Getty Voices: Getty Gone Wild
Photographic encounters with deer, birds, butterflies, and other wildlife of the Getty.
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David Goldblatt’s Photographs of South Africa Join the Getty Museum’s Collection
Candid photographs of racially divided neighborhoods and cities during apartheid join the collection.
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Whispers and Shadows: Ray K. Metzker and “Street Noir”
“I imagine the people in Metzker’s photographs as supporting characters in a film noir—captured on an average day, precisely at the loneliest moment before the cruel twist of fate takes hold.”
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Robert Mapplethorpe Papers and Photographs
The Robert Mapplethorpe archive is now available at the Getty Research Institute.
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