Automotive Landscapes #5: Los Angeles, 1978, Anthony Hernandez. Gelatin silver print. 11 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. Purchased in part with funds provided by the Photographs Council of the J. Paul Getty Museum. © Anthony Hernandez

Backyard, Diamond Bar, California, 1980, Joe Deal. Gelatin silver print. 11 3/16 x 11 5/16 in. © Joe Deal

Backyard, Diamond Bar, California, 1980, Joe Deal. Gelatin silver print. 11 3/16 x 11 1/4 in. © Joe Deal

Clockwork Malibu, 1978, Anthony Friedkin. Gelatin silver print. 11 15/16 x 18 5/16 in. Gift of Sue and Albert Dorskind. © Anthony Friedkin

Cocktails with Heinecken, about 1974, Darryl J. Curran. Gelatin silver print. 9 1/4 x 14 in. Gift of Darryl J. Curran. © Darryl J. Curran

Constructing a Saw Horse, 1972, William Wegman. Gelatin silver print. 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. © William Wegman

Film Can Library, Universal Studios, 1978, Anthony Friedkin. Gelatin silver print. 12 x 17 11/16 in. Gift of Sue and Albert Dorskind. © Anthony Friedkin

Finished Housing, Lakewood, California, 1950, William A. Garnett. Gelatin silver print. 7 3/8 x 9 7/16 in. © Estate of William A. Garnett

Foundation and Slabs, Lakewood, California, 1950, William A. Garnett. Gelatin silver print. 7 7/16 x 9 3/8 in. © Estate of William A. Garnett

Framing, Lakewood, California, 1950, William A. Garnett. Gelatin silver print. 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. © Estate of William A. Garnett

Gertrude Teske, Composite with Hollyhock House, Hollywood, 1974, Edmund Teske. Gelatin silver print. 9 7/16 x 13 3/8 in. Gift of the Edmund Teske Archives/Laurence Bump and Nils Vidstrand. © Edmund Teske Archives/Laurence Bump and Nils Vidstrand, 2001

Juliet in Mud Mask, 1945, Man Ray. Gelatin silver print. 14 x 10 11/16 in. © Man Ray Trust ARS-ADAGP

Los Angeles, 1964, Garry Winogrand. Gelatin silver print. 9 x 13 7/16 in. © 1984 The Estate of Garry Winogrand

Los Angeles, 1971, Henry Wessel Jr. Gelatin silver on Dupont Veragam paper print. 7 15/16 x 11 7/8 in. Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council of the J. Paul Getty Museum. © Henry Wessel

Los Angeles Downtown #3, 1971, Anthony Hernandez. Gelatin silver print. 7 3/4 x 11 13/16 in. Purchased in part with finds provided by the Photographs Council of the J. Paul Getty Museum. © Anthony Hernandez