Photographers of Genius at the Getty celebrates the 20th anniversary of the photography collection at the Getty with a showcase of work from groundbreaking photographers who profoundly influenced their contemporaries and succeeding generations of artists. The exhibition includes selected prints by 35 major photographers whose work is held in depth by the Getty, among them William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Carleton Watkins, Eugèene Atget, Alfred Stieglitz, Walker Evans, and Diane Arbus. The photographs date from the earliest years of the new medium in Europe to images of America in the 1960s. Many of the individual photographs are icons, widely reproduced in art and photography, while others have exerted a more subtle influence. The exhibition, drawn entirely from one of the Getty's newest but richest collections, shows how art moves continuously forward as photographers of one generation stand on the shoulders of their precursors, advancing pre-existing visual ideas to a new level of expression. Artists Manuel Alvarez Bravo Mexican, 1902 - 2002 Diane Arbus American, 1923 - 1971 Eugène Atget French, 1857 - 1927 Anna Atkins English, 1799 - 1871 Hippolyte Bayard French, 1801 - 1887 Henry P. Bosse American, 1844 - 1903 Brassaï (Gyula Halász) French, born Hungary, 1899 - 1984 Julia Margaret Cameron British, born India, 1815 - 1879 Henri Cartier-Bresson French, born 1908 Thomas Eakins American, 1844 - 1916 Walker Evans American, 1903 - 1975 Roger Fenton English, 1819 - 1869 Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey French, 1804 - 1892 David Octavius Hill Scottish, 1802 - 1870 Robert Adamson Scottish, 1821 - 1848 Lewis Hine American, 1874 - 1940 Gertrude Käsebier American, 1852 - 1934 André Kertész American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985 Dorothea Lange American, 1895 - 1965 William Langenheim American, born Germany, 1807 - 1874 Frederick Langenheim American, born Germany, 1809 - 1879 Gustave Le Gray French, 1820 - 1884 Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitsky) American, 1890 - 1976 Lázló Moholy-Nagy American, born Hungary, 1895 - 1946 Eadweard J. Muybridge American, born England, 1830 - 1904 Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) French, 1820 - 1910 Timothy O'Sullivan American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882 Albert Renger-Patzsch German, 1897 - 1966 Alexander Rodchenko Russian, 1891 - 1956 August Sander German, 1876 - 1964 Charles Sheeler American, 1883 - 1965 Camille Silvy French, 1834 - 1910 Frederick Sommer American, born Italy, 1905 - 1999 Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864 - 1946 Paul Strand American, 1890 - 1976 Josef Sudek Czech, 1896 - 1976 Doris Ulmann American, 1882 - 1934 Carleton Watkins American, 1829 - 1916 Weegee (Arthur Fellig) American, born Poland, 1899 - 1968 Edward Weston American, 1886 - 1958