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<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1993.003.001_Barletti_Highway-Camp-Encinitas-California-Campamentoen-la-Autopista-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1335;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1993.003.001_Barletti_Highway-Camp-Encinitas-California-Campamentoen-la-Autopista-1.jpg" alt="">

Highway Camp, Encinitas, California

1989 · gelatin silver print

Don Bartletti

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2006.062.001_Bey_Untitled-girl-on-porch-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1331;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2006.062.001_Bey_Untitled-girl-on-porch-1.jpg" alt="">

Untitled

· gelatin silver print

Dawoud Bey

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2009.002.001_Frith_Mount-Horeb-Sinai-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1447;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2009.002.001_Frith_Mount-Horeb-Sinai-1.jpg" alt="">

Mount Horeb—Sinai

1858 · albumen print

Francis Frith

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1994.027.005_Lartigue_Zissou-conduisant-son-Bob-a-4-rous-avec-Oleo-et-Louis-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1475;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1994.027.005_Lartigue_Zissou-conduisant-son-Bob-a-4-rous-avec-Oleo-et-Louis-1.jpg" alt="">

Zissou conduisant son "Bob à 4 rous" avec Oléo et Louis, comme passagers trop chargéle bob va entrer dans un arbre

1910 · gelatin silver print

Jacques Henri Lartigue

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985.037.009_Hine_Nwsboys-Hartford-Conn.-March-3.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1417;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985.037.009_Hine_Nwsboys-Hartford-Conn.-March-3.jpg" alt="">

Newsboys, Hartford, Connecticut, March 1909

1909 · gelatin silver print

Lewis Hine

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1991.018.011_Lange_A-Sharecropper-Family-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 1953px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1953/2000;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1991.018.011_Lange_A-Sharecropper-Family-1.jpg" alt="">

A Sharecropper Family

1937 · gelatin silver print

Dorothea Lange

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.034.001_Mann_Tabacco-Spit-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1721;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.034.001_Mann_Tabacco-Spit-1.jpg" alt="">

Tobacco Spit

1987 · gelatin silver print

Sally Mann

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.043_Myers_Manzanar-California-Guard-Tower-Footings-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1555;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.043_Myers_Manzanar-California-Guard-Tower-Footings-1.jpg" alt="">

Manzanar, California

1985 · platinum/palladium print

Joan Myers

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.033_Myers_Bicycle-Seat-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 1436px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1436/2000;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.033_Myers_Bicycle-Seat-1.jpg" alt="">

Bicycle Seat

1985 · platinum/palladium print

Joan Myers

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1986.021.001_Sander_Hood-carrier-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 1319px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1319/2000;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1986.021.001_Sander_Hood-carrier-1.jpg" alt="">

Hod-carrier

1928 · gelatin silver print

August Sander

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.020.002_Webb_BombardopolisHaiti-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1337;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.020.002_Webb_BombardopolisHaiti-1.jpg" alt="">

Bombardopolis, Haiti

1986 · cibachrome print

Alex Webb

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1988.042.001_Webb_Mexico-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1327;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1988.042.001_Webb_Mexico-1.jpg" alt="">

Mexico

1984 · chromogenic print

Alex Webb

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<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1993.003.001_Barletti_Highway-Camp-Encinitas-California-Campamentoen-la-Autopista-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1335;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1993.003.001_Barletti_Highway-Camp-Encinitas-California-Campamentoen-la-Autopista-1.jpg" alt="">

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<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1994.027.005_Lartigue_Zissou-conduisant-son-Bob-a-4-rous-avec-Oleo-et-Louis-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1475;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1994.027.005_Lartigue_Zissou-conduisant-son-Bob-a-4-rous-avec-Oleo-et-Louis-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985.037.009_Hine_Nwsboys-Hartford-Conn.-March-3.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1417;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985.037.009_Hine_Nwsboys-Hartford-Conn.-March-3.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1991.018.011_Lange_A-Sharecropper-Family-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 1953px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1953/2000;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1991.018.011_Lange_A-Sharecropper-Family-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.034.001_Mann_Tabacco-Spit-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1721;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.034.001_Mann_Tabacco-Spit-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.043_Myers_Manzanar-California-Guard-Tower-Footings-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1555;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.043_Myers_Manzanar-California-Guard-Tower-Footings-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.033_Myers_Bicycle-Seat-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 1436px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1436/2000;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.033_Myers_Bicycle-Seat-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1986.021.001_Sander_Hood-carrier-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 1319px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1319/2000;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1986.021.001_Sander_Hood-carrier-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.020.002_Webb_BombardopolisHaiti-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1337;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.020.002_Webb_BombardopolisHaiti-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1988.042.001_Webb_Mexico-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1327;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1988.042.001_Webb_Mexico-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1993.003.001_Barletti_Highway-Camp-Encinitas-California-Campamentoen-la-Autopista-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1335;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1993.003.001_Barletti_Highway-Camp-Encinitas-California-Campamentoen-la-Autopista-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2006.062.001_Bey_Untitled-girl-on-porch-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1331;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2006.062.001_Bey_Untitled-girl-on-porch-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2009.002.001_Frith_Mount-Horeb-Sinai-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1447;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2009.002.001_Frith_Mount-Horeb-Sinai-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1994.027.005_Lartigue_Zissou-conduisant-son-Bob-a-4-rous-avec-Oleo-et-Louis-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1475;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1994.027.005_Lartigue_Zissou-conduisant-son-Bob-a-4-rous-avec-Oleo-et-Louis-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985.037.009_Hine_Nwsboys-Hartford-Conn.-March-3.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1417;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1985.037.009_Hine_Nwsboys-Hartford-Conn.-March-3.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1991.018.011_Lange_A-Sharecropper-Family-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 1953px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1953/2000;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1991.018.011_Lange_A-Sharecropper-Family-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.034.001_Mann_Tabacco-Spit-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1721;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.034.001_Mann_Tabacco-Spit-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.043_Myers_Manzanar-California-Guard-Tower-Footings-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1555;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.043_Myers_Manzanar-California-Guard-Tower-Footings-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.033_Myers_Bicycle-Seat-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 1436px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1436/2000;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2002.038.033_Myers_Bicycle-Seat-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1986.021.001_Sander_Hood-carrier-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 1319px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1319/2000;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1986.021.001_Sander_Hood-carrier-1.jpg" alt="">

<img data-src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.020.002_Webb_BombardopolisHaiti-1.jpg" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000/1337;"><noscript><img src="https://mopa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1989.020.002_Webb_BombardopolisHaiti-1.jpg" alt="">

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