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.

Alfred Stieglitz, Songs of the Sky B3, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Imogen Cunningham, Martha Graham 2, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Man Ray, Contrasted Circular Forms with Pair of Optical Black Dots, photogram in “America Is Hard to See”
Man Ray, Metal Laboratory Objects, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Margaret Bourke-White, George Washington Bridge, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Ilse Bing, Dead End II (Smokestacks, Queensborough Bridge), photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Lewis Hine, Untitled (No Fear of Heights), photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Edward Steichen, Self-Portrait with Photographer’s Paraphenalia, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Toyo Miyatake, Self Portrait, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Ralph Steiner, (Louis Lozowick with gears), photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Margaret Bourke-White, Edison Electric, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Edward Steichen, Advertisement for Gorham Silver, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Edward Steichen, Ad for Coty Lipstick, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Edward Steichen, Paul Robeson as the Emperor Jones, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Roy DeCarava, Elvin Jones, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Roy DeCarava, Coltrane and Elvin, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Lisette Model, Sammy’s, New York, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
William Klein, Selwyn, 42nd Street, New York, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Lisette Model, Albert-Alberta, Hubert’s Forty-Second Street Flea Circus, New York, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Weegee, variant of “Slum clearance project–Hell’s Kitchen, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Weegee, The Critic, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Robert Frank, Formal Reception, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Margaret Bourke-White, The Louisville Flood, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Dorothea Lange, Child of Migrant Family Suffering from Tuberculosis of the Bone, California, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Dorothea Lange, Demonstration, SF, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Walker Evans, Torn Movie Poster, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Andreas Feininger, Diver, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Man Ray, Juliet in the Mirror, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Ansel Adams, Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Lorna Simpson, 2 Tracks, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Catherine Opie, Self-Portrait/Cutting, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
An-My Le, 20 Palms: Guard, Combat Operations Center, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Zoe Leonard, from Analogue, photographs in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
LaToya Ruby Frazier, Landscape of the Body (Epilepsy Test), photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
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, 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
Robert Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Mark Morrisroe, Untitled, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
David Armstrong, French Chris, Rue André Antoine, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Mark Morrisroe, Untitled, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Robert Mapplethorpe, American Flag, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Louise Lawler, Does Marilyn Monroe Make You Cry?, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Richard Prince, Spiritual America, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
William Leavitt, Spectral Analysis, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Sarah Charlesworth, Fear of Nothing, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Lucas Samaras, AutoPolaroid, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Lucas Samaras, AutoPolaroid, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Laurie Simmons, Woman Listening to Radio, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Laurie Simmons, Mother/Nursery, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Laurie Simmons, New bathroom/Aerial View/Sunlight, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Sturtevant, Duchamp Man Ray Portrait, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #14, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #45, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #23, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #27, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Asco, Decoy Gang War Victim, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Asco, No Canary, 1977, from No Movies, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
Asco, No Movie (Stars), 1978, from No Movies,, photograph in “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum
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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Steve Giovinco

With over three decades of experience, Steve Giovinco's recently has created night landscape photographs made a sites of environmental change, particularly focusing on the transformative beauty of remote and challenging locations like Greenland. A Yale University MFA graduate, his career highlights include over 90 exhibitions and is a three-time a Fulbright Fellow semi-finalist.

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