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A woman with closed eyes rests her head on a surface, holding an ornate African mask. The sepia-toned image conveys a serene and introspective mood.
More Than a Muse
Discover Kiki de Montparnasse’s influence on Man Ray’s photography as much more than a muse.
Mark Braude
October 10, 2025
Abstract photogram with overlapping shapes, including a comb and geometric patterns, creating a surreal, monochromatic composition. Bold and mysterious.
The Spark of Recognition
How did Tristan Tzara’s unique understanding of Man Ray’s revolutionary use of photography transform art history?
Adrian Sudhalter
October 10, 2025
A close-up of the Moon's surface shows intricate details against a dark sky. A white electrical cord runs horizontally with a switch in the foreground.
An Overlooked Partnership
Learn about the decades long affection and admiration between Man Ray and Lee Miller.
Ami Bouhassane
October 10, 2025
A woman seated at a table holds a camera in front of her face.
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Sue Cassidy Clark: The Camera Was My Art
After donating her cameras to The Met, patron and emeritus volunteer Sue Cassidy Clark reflects on her early days in New York through her photographs, scrapbooks, and cameras.
September 23, 2025
Two people are standing on a crate to attach a large, black-and-white print to the wall, while two stand below holding the rolled part of the print.
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Avedon in Gallery
Step inside the gallery and watch as conservators, technicians, curators, and the artist Richard Avedon and his assistants bring his Mission Council to life.
September 4, 2025
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Tintypes from the William L. Schaeffer Collection
Join Jeff Rosenheim, Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge of Photographs, for a closer look at the extraordinary group of tintypes from the William L. Schaeffer Collection featured in the exhibition, The New Art: American Photography, 1839-1910, on view through July 20, 2025 at The Met Fifth Avenue.
April 11, 2025
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Developing a Time-Based Media Strategy at The Met
In this lecture, a project team formed by the Time-Based Media Working Group reported their initial findings into an assessment of The Met's time-based media holdings and the Museum's collections management practices, in an effort to design a conservation program for its collection.
February 4, 2021
A wall display features rows of neatly arranged cassettes on the left and a multimedia installation on the right, including a small screen and speakers.
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Every Disc, Every Bit of Data: Conservation of Jennifer and Kevin McCoy’s Every Shot, Every Episode
The presentation on Monday evening, November 9, 2020, by Jonathan Farbowitz and Sasha Arden covered the multi-year, interdepartmental endeavor to conserve Jennifer and Kevin McCoy’s Every Shot, Every Episode, 2001
February 4, 2021
A sign on a pink wall reads Photography's last century. Below a nine framed heashots of the same person making different faces.
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Exhibition Tour—Photography's Last Century: The Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Collection
Take a tour through the exhibition Photography’s Last Century: The Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Collection with Jeff Rosenheim, Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs at The Met.
March 22, 2020
A man wearing blue pants, white shirt, striped tie and pink suspenders prepares a daguerreotype camera to take a photo.
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Girault de Prangey's Multiple Exposure Daguerreotypes
After three years traveling throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey returned to France with more than one thousand daguerreotype—unique photographic images on silvered copper plates.
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
May 12, 2019