All the Photographs at the New Whitney Museum: “America Is Hard to See” Show

All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Alfred Stieglitz, Songs of the Sky B3, photograph in "America Is Hard to See," Whitney Museum

All Photographs (by Artists Known as Photographers) in the Whitney Museum’s Inaugural Show, “America Is Hard to See”

Well, Almost All.

Starting from the top, the eighth floor, here are all the photographs in the new Whitney Museum’s first exhibition, “America Is Hard to See.”

Nearly all, as it turns out–it seems I missed a few, and some were by my favorite photographers, such as Garry Winogrand, Diane Arbus, and William Eggleston.

There are about sixty-six posted here.

Some are classics, like photographs by Walker Evans and Robert Frank, while some are a bit surprising but welcome additions, such as Andreas Feininger’s oddly compelling photo, “Diver.”

Sorry that some are out of focus, but hopefully you get the idea of the breadth of work shown at the new Whit.   Note that a few photographic art works were not included because I deemed the artists to be mostly known as conceptualists who use photography.  Just my approach.

Tops as most interesting were some of the seminal Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills, the sublime Lewis Hine print, the odd ads by Edward Steichen and Edward Steichen, the powerful Elvin Jones Roy picture by DeCarava, and work by David Armstrong and Francesca Woodman.

Imogen Cunningham, Martha Graham 2, photograph in "America Is Hard to See," Whitney Museum
Imogen Cunningham, Martha Graham 2, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum: Man Ray, America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Man Ray, Contrasted Circular Forms with Pair of Optical Black Dots, photogram in “America Is Hard to See”
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Man Ray America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Man Ray, Metal Laboratory Objects, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Margaret Bourke-White America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Margaret Bourke-White, George Washington Bridge, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Ilse Bing America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Ilse Bing, Dead End II (Smokestacks, Queensborough Bridge), photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Lewis Hine America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Lewis Hine, Untitled (No Fear of Heights), photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Edward Steichen America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Edward Steichen, Self-Portrait with Photographer’s Paraphenalia, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Toyo Miyatake America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Toyo Miyatake, Self Portrait, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Ralph Steiner America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Ralph Steiner, (Louis Lozowick with gears), photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Margaret Bourke-White America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Margaret Bourke-White, Edison Electric, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Edward Steichen America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Edward Steichen, Advertisement for Gorham Silver, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Edward Steichen America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Edward Steichen, Ad for Coty Lipstick, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Edward Steichen America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Edward Steichen, Paul Robeson as the Emperor Jones, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Roy DeCarava, Elvin Jones America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Roy DeCarava, Elvin Jones, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Roy DeCarava America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Roy DeCarava, Coltrane and Elvin, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Lisette Model, Sammy's America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Lisette Model, Sammy’s, New York, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum William Klein America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
William Klein, Selwyn, 42nd Street, New York, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Lisette Model, Albert-Alberta America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Lisette Model, Albert-Alberta, Hubert’s Forty-Second Street Flea Circus, New York, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Weegee, variant of Slum clearance project America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Weegee, variant of “Slum clearance project–Hell’s Kitchen, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Weegee, The Critic America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Weegee, The Critic, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Robert Frank America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Robert Frank, Formal Reception, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Margaret Bourke-White, The Louisville Flood America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Margaret Bourke-White, The Louisville Flood, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Dorothea Lange America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Dorothea Lange, Child of Migrant Family Suffering from Tuberculosis of the Bone, California, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Dorothea Lange, Demonstration America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Dorothea Lange, Demonstration, SF, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Walker Evans, Torn Movie Poster America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Walker Evans, Torn Movie Poster, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Andreas Feininger America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Andreas Feininger, Diver, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney MuseumMan Ray America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Man Ray, Juliet in the Mirror, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Ansel Adams, Moonrise America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Ansel Adams, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Lorna Simpson America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Lorna Simpson, 2 Tracks, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Catherine Opie America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Catherine Opie, Self-Portrait/Cutting, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum An-My Le America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
An-My Le, 20 Palms: Guard, Combat Operations Center, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Zoe Leonard America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Zoe Leonard, from Analogue, photographs in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum LaToya Ruby Frazier America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
LaToya Ruby Frazier, Landscape of the Body (Epilepsy Test), photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Christopher Williams America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Christopher Williams, One of 406 Ceiling Panels (23 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches each) Covered on the back with striped paper (green and white) Each Stripe is 8.7 cm. >From “Frost and Defrost: A Work In Situ By Daniel Buren:, Otis Art Institute Gallery, 2401 Wilshire Boulevard, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Peter Hujar, David Lighting Up, photograph in "America Is Hard to See," Whitney Museum
Peter Hujar, David Lighting Up, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Peter Hujar, West Side Parking Lots, NYC, photograph in "America Is Hard to See," Whitney Museum
Peter Hujar, West Side Parking Lots, NYC, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
David Wojnarowicz, Untitled, photograph in "America Is Hard to See," Whitney Museum
David Wojnarowicz, Untitled, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
David Wojnarowicz, Untitled, photograph in "America Is Hard to See," Whitney Museum
David Wojnarowicz, Untitled, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
David Wojnarowicz, Untitled, photograph in "America Is Hard to See," Whitney Museum
David Wojnarowicz, Untitled, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Robert Mapplethorpe America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Robert Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Mark Morrisroe America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Mark Morrisroe, Untitled, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum David Armstrong, French Chris America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
David Armstrong, French Chris, Rue André Antoine, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Mark Morrisroe America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Mark Morrisroe, Untitled, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Robert Mapplethorpe, American Flag America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Robert Mapplethorpe, American Flag, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Louise Lawler, American Flag America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Louise Lawler, Does Marilyn Monroe Make You Cry?, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Richard Prince, Spiritual America America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Richard Prince, Spiritual America, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum William Leavitt, American Flag America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
William Leavitt, Spectral Analysis, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Sarah Charlesworth, American Flag America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Sarah Charlesworth, Fear of Nothing, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Lucas Samaras, AutoPolaroid America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Lucas Samaras, AutoPolaroid, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Lucas Samaras, AutoPolaroid America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Lucas Samaras, AutoPolaroid, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Laurie Simmons, Woman Listening America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Laurie Simmons, Woman Listening to Radio, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Laurie Simmons, Mother/Nursery America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Laurie Simmons, Mother/Nursery, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Laurie Simmons, New bathroom America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Laurie Simmons, New bathroom/Aerial View/Sunlight, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Sturtevant, Duchamp Man Ray Portrait America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Sturtevant, Duchamp Man Ray Portrait, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #14 America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #14, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #45 America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #45, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #23 America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #23, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #27 America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #27, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Asco, Decoy Gang War Victim America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Asco, Decoy Gang War Victim, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Asco, No Canary America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Asco, No Canary, 1977, from No Movies, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Asco, No Movie America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Asco, No Movie (Stars), 1978, from No Movies,, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
All Photography at the #NewWhitney Museum Francesca Woodman America Is Hard to See Show @SteveGiovinco
Francesca Woodman, Then at one point I did not need to translate the notes; they went directly to my hands, Providence, Asco, No Movie (Stars), 1978, from No Movies,, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum

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