Pilara Foundation Collection


Revelations – the Diane Arbus retrospective organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2003 – inspired the purchase of the Pilara Foundation’s first photograph, a portrait from her challenging and emotive Untitled series. The emotional intensity characterizing this photograph has informed subsequent acquisitions for the collection, which now exceeds 4,000 works spanning the history of the medium and its international breadth. At the collection’s core are those photographers first exhibited in two seminal twentieth century exhibitions: New Documents (1967) at the Museum of Modern Art and New Topographics (1975) at Eastman House. In recent years, the Foundation has collected more emerging photographers in depth, developing holdings that speak to evolving practices within the medium.

Artists


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z



A


Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991 American
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984 American
Adams, Robert, 1937- American
Adelman, Bob, 1930-2016 American
Adou, 1973- Chinese
Aida, Makoto, 1965- American
Aitken, Doug, 1968- American
Anzai, Shigeo, 1939- Japanese
Anzeri, Maurizio, 1969- Italian
Araki, Nobuyoshi, 1940- Japanese
Arbus, Diane, 1923-1971 American
Arden, Roy, 1957- Canadian
Arnold, Johnna, 1975- American
Atget, Eugene, 1857-1927 French
Avedon, Richard, 1923-2004 American



B


Baltz, Lewis, 1945-2014 American
Barth, Uta, 1958- German
Bartos, Adam, 1953- American
Becher, Bernd and Hilla, 1931-2007, 1934-2015 German
Beecroft, Vanessa, 1969- Italian
Belin, Valerie, 1964- French
Bellocq, E. J., 1873-1949 American
Bergman, Robert, 1944- American
Bernhard, Ruth, 1905-2006 German-American
Bey, Dawoud, 1953- American
Bing, Ilse, 1899-1998 German
Blodget, Lee Merritt, 1919-1995 American
Blumberg, A., Unknown
Boberg, Oliver, 1965- German
Bond, Herbert P., 1906–1975 American
Borensztein, Leon, 1947- Polish
Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971 American
Breukel, Koos, 1962- Dutch
Bristol, Horace, 1908-1997 American
Brouws, Jeff, 1955- American
Browne, Malcolm, 1933-2012 American
Burson, Nancy, 1948- American
Burtynsky, Edward, 1955- Canadian



C


Callahan, Harry, 1912-1999 American
Cao, Fei, 1978- Chinese
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004 French
Casebere, James, 1953- American
Catanese, Melissa, American
Chagaoutdinova, Olga, 1968- Russian
Chelbin, Michal, 1974- Israeli
Chiara, John, 1971- American
Citret, Mark, 1949- American
Clark, Larry, 1954- American
Clift, Carola, 1974- American
Close, Chuck, 1940-2021 American
Cockburn, Julie, 1966- British
Colom, Joan, 1921-2017 Spanish
Connor, Linda, 1944- American
Córdova, Sofia, 1985- Puerto Rican
Cosindas, Marie, 1925-2017 American
Costantino, Nicola, 1964- Argentine
Cummings, Unknown
Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976 American
Curtis, Edward, 1868-1952 American



D


Dana, P.F., Unknown
Dane, Bill, 1938- American
Danh, Binh, 1977- Vietnamese
Davidson, Bruce, 1933- American
Davis, Scott, 1971- American
de Cock, Jan, 1976- Belgian
Deeman, Erica, 1977- British
Delaney, Janet, 1952- American
Demand, Thomas, 1964- German
DiCorcia, Philip-Lorca, 1953- American
Diergarten, Gotz, 1972- German
Dijkstra, Rineke, 1959- Dutch
Disfarmer, Mike, 1884-1959 American
Divola, John, 1949- American
Doisneau, Robert, 1912-1994 French
Drtikol, Frantisek, 1878-1961 Czech
Du Zhenjun, 1961- Chinese



E


Edwards, John Paul, 1884-1968 American
Eggleston, William, 1939- American
Erwitt, Elliott, 1928- American
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975 American
Ezawa, Kota, 1969- American, born Germany



F


Fastman, Risa, 1949- Russian-American
Feingersh, Ed, 1925-1961 American
Feldmann, Hans-Peter, 1941- German
Fenton, David, 1952- American
Fernandez, Benedict (Ben) J., 1936-2021 American
Fink, Larry, 1941- American
Finsler, Hans, 1891-1972 Swiss
Foglia, Lucas, 1983- American
Fors, José Manuel, 1956- Cuban
Franco, Fernell, 1946-2006 Columbian
Frank, Robert, 1924-2019 American, born Switzerland
Frazier, LaToya Ruby, 1982- American
Freeberg, Andy, 1958- American
Freed, Leonard, 1929-2006 American
Friedlander, Lee, 1934- American
Frydlender, Barry, 1954- Israeli
Fukase, Masahisa, 1934-2012 Japanese
Fuss, Adam, 1961- British



G


Gao Brothers, 1956- , 1962- Chinese
Gasparini, Paolo, 1934- Venezuelan, born Italy
Gedney, William, 1932-1989 American
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942 American
Gilden, Bruce, 1946- American
Gill, Dan, American
Givens, J.D., 1863-1939 American
Gohlke, Frank, 1942- American
Goldbeck, E.O., 1892-1986 American
Goldberg, Jim, 1953- American
Goldberg, Thea, 1985- American
Goldblatt, David, 1930-2018 South African
Goldin, Nan, 1953- American
Gordon, Daniel, 1980- American
Graham, Paul, 1956- British
Grannan, Katy, 1969- American
Gutmann, John, 1905-1998 German



H


Hagel, Otto, 1909-1973 American, born Germany
Hagemeyer, Johan, 1884-1962 Dutch-American
Hai Bo, 1962- Chinese
Halsman, Philippe, 1906-1979 Latvian
Hanzlová, Jitka, 1958- Czech
Harris, Pat, 1921- American
Hatakeyama, Naoya, 1958- Japanese
Hernandez, Anthony, 1947- American
Herzog, Fred, 1930-2019 German
Hido, Todd, 1968- American
Hill, Gary, 1951- American
Hilliard, David, 1964- American
Hine, Lewis, 1874-1940 American
Hofer, Candida, 1944- German
Hope, Andy Diaz, 1967- American
Hosoe, Eikoh, 1933- Japanese
Hugo, Pieter, 1976- South African
Hujar, Peter, 1934-1987 American
Hyde, Tim, 1968- American



J


Jean, Adassin F., French
Johnson, Michael, American
Jones, Pirkle, 1914-2009 American



K


Kanaga, Consuelo, 1894-1978 American
Kang, Young-Min, 1969- Korean
Kawauchi, Rinko, 1972 Japanese
Kellndorfer, Veronika, 1962- German
Kenna, Michael, 1953- British
Kereszi, Lisa, 1973- American
Kerstens, Hendrik, 1956- Dutch
Kertesz, Andre, 1894-1985 American, born Hungary
Khan, Idris, 1978- British
Khoroshilova, Anastasia, 1978- Russian
Kimura, Ihei, 1901-1974 Japanese
Kitai, Kazuo, 1944- Japanese
Klein, William, 1928- American
Klett, Mark, 1952- American
Knight, Philip, American
Koudelka, Josef, 1938- Czech
Kremer, Shai, 1974- Israeli
Kydd, Owen, 1975- Canadian



L


Lambri, Luisa, 1969- Italian
Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965 American
Lartigue, Jacques-Henri, 1894-1986 French
Lê, An-My, 1960 Vietnamese-American
Learoyd, Richard, 1966- British
Leong, Austin, 1990 Chinese-American
Leong, Sze Tsung Nicolás, 1970- American/British, born Mexico
Lerski, Helmar, 1871-1956 Swiss
Levine, Esther, 1970- German
Levine, Sherrie, 1947- American
Levitt, Helen, 1913-2009 American
Liao, Jeff Chien-Hsing, 1977- Chinese, born Taiwan
Link, O. Winston, 1914-2001 American
Lipps, Matt, 1975- American
Liu Zheng, 1969- Chinese
Louie, Reagan, 1951- American
Luo Brothers, 1963-, 1964-, 1972- Chinese
Luster, Deborah, 1951- American
Lutter, Vera, 1960- German
Lux, Loretta, 1969- German
Lyon, Danny, 1942- American
Lyon, Fred, 1924- American



M


Mahatta, Madan, 1932-2014 Indian
Maisel, Phillip, 1981- American
Malhotra, Dhruv, 1985- Indian
Mandel, Mike, 1950- American
Mantz, Werner, 1901-1983 German
Marshall, Jim, 1937-2010 American
McCaw, Chris, 1971- American
McComb, George, Unknown
McFarland, Scott, 1975- Canadian
Meatyard, Ralph Eugene, 1925-1972 American
Meiselas, Susan, 1948 American
Mermelstein, Jeff, 1957- American
Metzker, Ray K., 1931-2014 American
Meyerowitz, Joel, 1938- American
Misrach, Richard, 1949- American
Miyamoto, Ryuji, 1945-1989 Japanese
Model, Lisette, 1906-1983 American
Modotti, Tina, 1896-1942 Italian
Moore, Charles, 1931-2010 American
Moos, Julie, 1965- Canadian
Morell, Abelardo, 1948- Cuban
Morimura, Yasumasa, 1951- Japanese
Moriyama, Daido, 1938- Japanese
Morris, Wright, 1910-1992 American
Mosley, Joshua, 1974- American
Moulin, Gabriel, 1872-1945 American
Mthethwa, Zwelethu, 1960- South African
Mu, Chen, 1970- Chinese
Muholi, Zanele, 1972- South African
Mullaney, Martina, 1972- Irish
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904 American, born England



N


Narahashi, Asako, 1959- Japanese
Newman, Marvin, 1927- American
Newton, Helmut, 1920-2004 German
Nickerson, Jackie, 1960- American
Nimoy, Leonard, 1931-2015 American
Nixon, Nicholas, 1947- American
Norris Webb, Rebecca, 1956- American
Noskowiak, Sonya, 1900-1975 American, born Germany



O


O'Connell, Boru O'Brien, 1979- American
O'Leary, Eva, 1989- Irish-American
O'Leary, Eva and Harry Griffin, 1989– ; 1986– Irish-American; American
Olivier, Jacco, 1972- Dutch
Opie, Catherine, 1960- American
Orkin, Ruth, 1921-1985 American
Owens, Bill, 1938- American



P


Palmer, Alfred T., 1906-1993 American
Panar, Ed, 1976- American
Parr, Martin, 1952- British
Peattie, Margaret Rhodes, 1891-1946 American
Pellegrin, Paolo, Italian 1964-
Penn, Irving, 1917-2009 American
Pillsbury, Arthur C., 1870-1946 American
Plumb, Mimi, 1953- American
Polidori, Robert, 1951- Canadian
Postaer, Daniel, 1978- Chinese-American
Prior, Nicholas, 1966- American
Probst, Barbara, 1964- German



R


Reiss, Francis, 1927-2016 German-American
Renger-Patzsch, Albert, 1897-1966 German
Rexroth, Nancy, 1946 American
Rhea Brothers, Unknown
Rickard, Doug, 1968- American
Riebesehl, Heinrich, 1938-2010 German
Rinehart, Frank A., 1861-1928 American
Rist, Pipilotti, 1962- Swiss
Rodgers, George, 1908-1995 British
Ross, Judith Joy, 1946- American
Ruff, Thomas, 1958– German
Ruwedel, Mark, 1954- American
Ruzicka, Drahomir Josef, 1870-1960 American



S


Salgado, Sebastiao, 1944- Brazilian
Saman, Moises, 1974- Peruvian
Sanchez Brothers, 1977-, 1982- Canadian
Sander, August, 1876-1964 German
Sanguinetti, Alessandra, 1968- American
Sarfati, Lise, 1958- French
Saudek, Jan, 1935- Czech
Sawada, Tomoko, 1977- Japanese
Schlegel, Jan, 1965- German
Schutmaat, Bryan, 1983- American
Schwartz, Joe, 1913-2013 American
Seiland, Alfred, 1952- Austrian
Sekaer, Peter, 1901-1950 American, born Denmark
Selkirk, Neil, 1947- British
Shambroom, Paul, 1956- American
Shames, Stephen, 1947- American
Shao, Yinong and Mu Chen, 1961-, 1970- Chinese
Shearer, Steven, 1968- Canadian
Sheikh, Fazal, 1965- American
Sheng, Qi, 1965- Chinese
Sheridan, Kevin, American
Sherman, Cindy, 1954- American
Shore, Stephen, 1947- American
Shrader, R. Owen, 1895-1974 American
Shulman, Julius, 1910-2009 American
Sieff, Jeanloup, 1933-2000 French
Singer, Danny, 1945- Canadian
Sinsabaugh, Art, 1924-1983 American
Smith, Beuford, 1939- American
Smith, Graham, 1947- British
Smith, Paul Anthony, 1988- Jamaican
Soren, Tabitha, 1967- American
Soth, Alec, 1969- American
Soto, Cinthya, 1969- Costa Rican
Stackpole, Peter, 1913-1997 American
Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973 American
Steinmetz, Mark, 1961- American
Sterling, Joseph, 1936-2010 American
Sternfeld, Joel, 1944- American
Stolarik, Robert, 1969- American
Stowe, Copley Kearns, Unknown
Strand, Paul, 1890-1976 American
Street, W. J., American
Subotzky, Mikhael, 1981- South African
Sugimoto, Hiroshi, 1948- Japanese
Sultan, Larry, 1946-2009 American
Szabo, Joseph, 1944- American



T


Taylor, Paul, 1895-1985 American
Thiel, Frank, 1966- German
Thomas, Hank Willis, 1976- American
Tice, George, 1938- American
Tichy, Miroslav, 1925-2011 Czech
Tillmans, Wolfgang, 1958- German
Tomatsu, Shomei, 1930-2012 Japanese



U


Ulrich, Brian, 1971- American
Umbo, 1902-1980 German



V


van der Elsken, Ed, 1925-1990 Dutch
van der Molen, Awoiska, 1972- Dutch
van Empel, Ruud, 1958- Dutch
van Meene, Hellen, 1972- Dutch
Verene, Chris, 1969- American
Vermeulen, Corine, 1977- Dutch
Vishniac, Roman, 1897-1990 Russian-American
von Graffenried, Michael, 1957- Swiss
von Zwehl, Bettina, 1972- German



W


Waddell, Stephen, 1968- Canadian
Wall, Jeff, 1946- Canadian
Wang, Ningde, 1972- Chinese
Wang, Qingsong, 1966- Chinese
Warhol, Andy, 1928–1987 American
Watanabe, Katsumi, 1941-2006 Japanese
Watkins, Carleton, 1829-1916 American
Webb, Alex, 1952- American
Weegee (Arthur Fellig), 1899-1968 American, born Austria
Weideman, Ryan, 1941- American
Weng, Fen, 1961- Chinese
Wessel, Henry, 1942-2018 American
Weston, Brett, 1911-1993 American
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958 American
Williams, Christopher, 1956- American
Wilson, Jane & Louise, 1967- British
Windstosser, Ludwig, 1921-1983 German
Wing, David, 1947- American
Winogrand, Garry, 1928-1984 American
Winter, Damon, 1974- American
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990 American
Wolf, David, 1960- American
Wolf, Michael, 1954- German
Woodman, Francesca, 1958-1981 American
Worden, Willard E., 1972-1946 American
Wurm, Erwin, 1954- Austrian
Wylie, Donovan, 1971- Irish



X


Xiao, Lu, 1962- Chinese



Y


Yamamoto, Kansuke, 1914-1987 Japanese
Yavno, Max, 1911-1985 American



Z


Zhang, Dali, 1963- Chinese
Zhang, Huan, 1965- Chinese