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Ted Wathen, Former Company Houses, Jenkins, Letcher County, Kentucky, 1975, gelatin silver print

Smithsonian American Art Museum · Penn Quarter

Much Here Is Beautiful: Prospecciones fotográficas del bicentenario de EE. UU. (Much Here Is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial)

Upcoming18 September 2026 – 18 April 2027·Free

Una selección de 225 fotografías procedentes de los proyectos de prospección visual impulsados por la NEA durante la época del bicentenario, que reúne un retrato coral de los Estados Unidos de los años setenta y lo confronta con las misiones fotográficas federales que se remontan al siglo XIX.

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Black-and-white George Hurrell portrait of Joan Crawford, chin lifted, in dramatic studio lighting

Star Power: Fotografías de la época dorada de Hollywood por George Hurrell (segunda parte) (Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood's Golden Age by George Hurrell (A Sequel))

National Portrait Gallery

Early photograph of the neoclassical Patent Office Building used as the exhibition's key image

El espíritu de la invención: la Oficina de Patentes y sus titulares (The Spirit of Invention: Patent Office and Patentees)

National Portrait Gallery

Gold Portrait of a Nation award trophies shaped as a face in profile

Retrato de una nación: galardonados de 2025 (Portrait of a Nation: 2025 Honorees)

National Portrait Gallery

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National Portrait Gallery

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National Museum of Women in the Arts

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© 1975 Ted Wathen; Smithsonian American Art Museum, transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts (Courtesy of the museum)