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Photography
Landscapes, Wildlife, and the Built Environment
Landscapes, Wildlife, and the Built Environment

Landscapes, Wildlife, and the Built Environment

Be inspired by photographs that reveal the beauty, wonder, and fascination of the world around us. Travel to distant lands and rugged wildernesses. Explore the habitats of wildlife or watch as the urban landscape grows. Trace the history of techniques that bring the world into focus like the use of telephoto lenses or panoramic views.

  • Photograph of the ruins of a building, likely in England, by Roger Fenton

    Roger Fenton

    Photograph

    View Full Item  in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • Photograph of the Great Sphinx of Giza by Felix Bonfils, a travel photographer whose images became famous when they were sold as souvenirs

    Bonfils, Felix, Egyptian

    Washington University: 19th Century Architectural Photography Collection; This Egyptian governorate just west of Cairo, is the site of a major royal necropolis of the Old Kingdom capital of Memphis. T…

    View Full Item  in Washington University, St. Louis
  • Early architectural photograph of Chateau Chambord in France

    Peigne, C., French

    Washington University: 19th Century Architectural Photography Collection; French royal château near Blois, Loir-et-Cher. It was built by Francis I. Construction started in 1519 and speeded up after 15…

    View Full Item  in Washington University, St. Louis
  • Early landscape photograph of Mount Lincoln in California

    Lawrence & Houseworth, publisher

    Gift of Florence V. Flinn to the Society of California Pioneers

    View Full Item  in Society of California Pioneers
  • Andrew J. Russell’s photograph of the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad

    Russell, Andrew J

    Photo by Andrew J. Russell. Purchased from Am. Geographic. Soc.(N.Y.)

    View Full Item  in Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement
  • Photograph of a railroad bridge in the Royal Gorge in Colorado

    Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

    A photograph of a railroad bridge in a canyon.

    View Full Item  in Brigham Young University - Harold B. Lee Library
  • One of a series of influential photographs by Jean Eugene Atget emphasizing details of the built environment rather than the larger scene

    Eugène Atget

    Photograph

    View Full Item  in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • Photograph entitled “A Sea of Steps” by English architectural photographer Frederick H. Evans

    Frederick H. Evans

    Photograph

    View Full Item  in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • Scene showing the devastating effects of the San Francisco fire of 1906 by Arnold Genthe

    Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942

    View Full Item  in UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
  • Panoramic view of mountains and road in China from 1902

    Title from item or accompanying materials. Date from item or accompanying materials. Panoramic view of mountains and roads. China.

    View Full Item  in The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center
  • A famous book by one of the first wildlife photographers, Cherry Kearton, written by his brother Richard

    Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928

    View Full Item  in American Museum of Natural History Library
  • Postcard showing a group of young screech owls from the New York Zoo in 1905

    Digitized by Wildlife Conservation Society Archives

    View Full Item  in Wildlife Conservation Society
  • Photograph of the Seattle Camera Club on a photographic outing to Mt. Ranier

    Rainier National Park Company

    Filed in Box 12/1

    View Full Image  in University of Washington
  • Application, commission, and renewal papers for Ansel Adams as a member of the civil service in the 1930s and 1940s

    U.S. Civil Service Commission. 1883-1/1/1979

    View Full Item  in National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference
  • A run-down church and gravestone, taken by Willard Van Dyke, member of the influential Group f/64

    Willard Van Dyke

    Photograph

    View Full Item  in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • Photograph by architectural photographer Clark Stoller of a residence in Lake Placid, New York

    Stoller, Ezra (photographer)

    View Full Item  in California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  • Photograph of mid-century modern architecture and lanscape by Julius Shulman

    Julius Shulman

    View of the courtyard and swimming pool at the L'Horizon Hotel.

    View Full Item  in California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  • Photograph of a ruby-crowned kinglet by pioneering nature photographer Eliot Porter

    Eliot Porter

    Photograph

    View Full Item  in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • Close-up of lily pads and a flower

    Darden, Tom

    Photograph of Lily Pad Flowers on August 11, 2006.

    View Full Item  in Maryland State Archives
  • A scene at an alpine lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness area in California

    Environmental Protection Agency. 12/2/1970

    The original finding aid described this photograph as: Keywords: Mountains, lake, vegetation Credit: K. Mirza/S. Olson

    View Full Item  in National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
  • A woman photographing the view on a scenic byway in Utah

    Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty. Office of Natural and Human Environment. National Scenic Byways Program. 1991

    The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: From this overlook, visitors can see enough square mileage to fill Connecticut. Location: Utah (38.101° N 111.436° W) Status: P…

    View Full Item  in National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
  • Photograph showing the devastating effects of drought on soil, 1981

    Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951

    Photograph of a dry bank on Lake Weatherford, during a drought. 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

    View Full Item  in UNT Libraries Special Collections
  • The Manhattan skyline at sunset in 1975

    Mayer, Harold

    Lower Manhattan sunset silhouette from 23rd St. and First Ave, New York City Color

    View Full Item  in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Panoramic view of Seattle at night, 2009

    Chris Mount

    View from North Lake Union

    View Full Image  in University of Washington
  • Image of Earth above the lunar horizon, 1968

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973

    The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo 8, the rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft near 110 degree…

    View Full Item  in National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
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