Gallery: Art Exhibit Chronicles History of Photographic Intrusion

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    __*A "Scrub" and Her Bed—the Plank*, Jacob Riis (1892)__ A police reporter turned social reformer, Riis charged into the tenements of lower Manhattan to capture unsuspecting denizens at night. He used a magnesium- and gunpowder-filled pistol as a flash to expose society's "other half." The subjects were often asleep, intoxicated, or too tired to consent. *Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York*
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    __*Hague Conference*, Erich Salomon (1930)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Secuencia rescate de un suicide en la cúpula el toreo (Suicide rescue from the top of the Toreo Stadium) (detail)*, Enrique Metinides (1971)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Iraq Perspectives II #8*, Benjamin Lowy (2003-2007)__ *Courtesy of Benjamin Lowy*
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    __*Urban Warfare Training Center, Panorama, Tze'elim*, Shai Kremer (2007)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*The Queen plays with her Corgies* from the series *Confidential*, Alison Jackson (2007)__ *Courtesy of the artist and the M + B Gallery*
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    __*San Francisco*, Richard Gordon (2004)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Nan and Brian in Bed, New York City* (1983), detail from *The Ballad of Sexual Dependency*, Nan Goldin (1976-1996)__ *Courtesy of the Matthew Marks Gallery*
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    __*What Makes Jackie Run? Central Park, New York City, October 4, 1971*, Ron Galella (1971)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*\[Subway Passenger, New York\]*, Walker Evans (1941)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Head #10*, from the series *Heads*, Philip-Lorca diCorcia (2001)__ *Courtesy of David Zwirner*
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    __*San Francisco*, Bill Dane (1973)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Greta Garbo in the Club St. Germain*, Georges Dudognon (ca. 1950s)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Anita Ekberg and Husband Anthony Steel, Vecchia Roma*, Tazio Secchiaroli (1958)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Men’s shoes with camera hidden in heel* (n.d.)__ *Courtesy of the National Museum of American History Photographic History*
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    __*Untitled*, Miroslav Tichý (ca. 1950s-1980s)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*The Electrocution of Ruth Snyder*, Tom Howard (1928)__ To get this *New York Daily News* shot, the first-ever published photograph of an execution, Howard planted one camera on his chest for confiscation and strapped another to his calf. Snyder had murdered her husband with the help of her lover; Howard caught her death by raising his pant leg and pulling a cable threaded up to his pocket. *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Atlanta*, Harry Callahan (1984)__ *Courtesy of the Pace/MacGill Gallery*
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    __*Untitled,* from the portfolio *Tulsa*, Larry Clark (1971)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Compact*, from *The Dating Surveillance Project*, Laurie Long (1998)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Chemical and Biological Weapons Proving Ground/Dugway, UT/Distance ~42 miles/10:51 a.m., 2006*, Trevor Paglen (2006)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Assassination of John F. Kennedy, November 22, 1963*, Abraham Zapruder (1963)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*Stranger No. 2*, Shizuka Yokomizo (1999)__ *Courtesy of the SFMOMA*
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    __*New York*, Garry Winogrand (1969)__ *Courtesy of the Fraenkel Gallery*
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    __*Lovers on the Beach, Coney Island*, Weegee (Arthur H. Fellig) (1940)__ *Courtesy of the International Center of Photography / Getty Images*
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    __*Blow Job (film still)*, Andy Warhol (1964)__ *Courtesy of The Andy Warhol Museum*
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    __*Paris Hilton is seen through the window of a police car as she is transported from her home to court by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in Los Angeles on Friday, June 8, 2007*, Nick Ut (2007)__ *Courtesy of the Associated Press*
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    __*Suffolk, Virginia, Race Confrontation, May 6, 1964*, United Press International (1964)__ *Courtesy the SFMOMA*
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    __*Untitled*, Kohei Yoshiyuki (1971)__ The advent of infrared-sensitive film and filtered flashbulbs let Yoshiyuki photograph sex acts clandestinely in Tokyo parks. For this series, called *The Park*, he documented not only the prurient activities but also the voyeurs who lurked in the shadows. *Courtesy of Yossi Milo Galleru*
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