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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