Modern

Photographs

1909–1949

The Thomas Walther Collection

The Thomas Walther Collection—341 photographs by 148 artists—represents the innovative vision of the 1920s and ’30s, a transformative period of modern photography and the foundation of our photo-based world.

Examine these photographs, map the places they were made, compare their materials and techniques, connect the men and women who made them, and explore the lives of these artists through the first half of the twentieth century.

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