Dag Alveng "Watering Water, Hvasser" from the series Summer Light. Gelatin silver print, 1979

The New York Public Library just launched the exhibition “Recollection: Thirty Years of Photography” unveiling their treasure trove of original prints from masters such as Berenice Abbott, Vito Acconci, Diane Arbus, Eugène Atget, Richard Avedon, Margaret Bourke-White, Brassaï, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, André Kertész, William Klein, Duane Michals, Irving Penn, August Sander, Cindy Sherman, Stephen Shore, and William Wegman. The exhibition runs through January 2, 2011.“In 1980, the Library officially launched the Photography Documentation Project to record original photographic material throughout the Library and in 1982, the Photography Collection was established. Thousands of photographs were transferred into the collection, which today comprises 500,000 photographs by 6,000 photographers. This exhibition celebrates thirty years of photography at the Library with a selection of portraits that have become part of the Photography Collection (whether through transfer, donation, or purchase) since 1980.”

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (NYPL)
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York