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Its first director, Henry Cole, was an amateur photographer himself and a great supporter of the art of photography. He began a photography collection in 1856, the year that the South Kensington Museum, now the V&A, was established. Since then, the collection has grown to be international in scope and comprises over 800,000 photographs dating from 1839 to the present. Photography can be seen as a combination of science and art, in which advances in technique continually feed creativity and artistic achievement. <br><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="introblock__content introblock__content--supporting"> <div class="b-icon-list"> <ul class="b-icon-list__list"> <li class="b-icon-list__item b-icon-list__icon b-icon-list__icon--search" title="Search"> <div class="b-icon-list__content"> <p class="b-icon-list__item-text b-icon-list__item-text--accent"> <a class="u-link u-link--arrowed" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=Photography">Explore the Collections</a> </p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <section class="main__content"> <section class="b-promo"> <article class="b-promo__item "> <img srcset="https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/04/11/10/14/09/0c736055-271e-4498-824a-c7e2c458a406/2560.jpg 320w, https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/04/11/10/14/09/1d02cd0c-c3a4-41d6-a0b7-fd44306eaeb8/2560.jpg 640w, https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/04/11/10/14/09/509d4c36-728c-4603-970b-d60b4222cd3c/2560.jpg 960w, https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/04/11/10/14/09/8bb2b6f5-86b3-4646-bcfe-740ee2c05a44/2560.jpg 1280w, https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/04/11/10/14/09/e54323a6-4a0d-437a-a556-f48a0edb3930/2560.jpg 1920w, https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/04/11/10/14/09/89e6e19e-34ad-4419-a9b5-d805eedf977f/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 1200px, 100vw" alt="Photography Centre" class="b-promo__image" loading="lazy" src="https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/04/11/10/14/09/0c736055-271e-4498-824a-c7e2c458a406/2560.jpg" /> <a class="b-promo__anchor" href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/photography-centre"> <div class="b-promo__content"> <h2 class="b-promo__title"> Photography Centre </h2> <p class="b-promo__description"> The largest space in the UK dedicated to a permanent photography collection </p> <div class="u-btn u-btn--white u-btn--arrowed s-themed s-themed--background-color s-themed--background-color--hover s-themed--border-color s-themed--border-color--hover"> Find out more </div> </div> </a> </article> </section> <section class="objects"> <div class="objects__main b-block-grid"> <a id="objects" name="objects"></a> <div class="b-block-grid__header b-block-grid__header--black"> <h2 class="b-block-grid__title"> Collection highlights </h2> </div> <ul class="g-object-grid js-grid-reveal-more" data-reveal-more-theme="light" data-reveal-more-counter="15" data-icon-url="/assets/vam-sprite-40622a49a68c393ede0fec0bd1d6063401a040a363c7b1e21cf7deb295bbc38c.svg" data-reveal-more-tracking="objects"> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"E.327-2013","copyright":"© Ingrid Pollard","onDisplay":false,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, room 315","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2023/09/14/16/20/47/6428e40e-bb3b-4d6f-b024-dc8369c682e5/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1273159" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2023/09/14/16/20/47/93fe0713-11cb-40ab-83d1-49c5254fb666/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2023/09/14/16/20/47/b777f7b8-42da-49ec-a0a9-fe91127feaf8/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2023/09/14/16/20/47/6428e40e-bb3b-4d6f-b024-dc8369c682e5/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2023/09/14/16/20/47/f2f91dfd-1c7a-4ce1-ba32-4b9f24e8ef86/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2023/09/14/16/20/48/91a177ae-6acb-44aa-93a8-fc442939ca9d/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2023/09/14/16/20/48/83edc5b2-4016-4696-abaf-dd8355b57aa8/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="Black woman standing on a pebble beach, holding a large pink shell to her ear. She wears a green floor-length dress" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2023/09/14/16/20/47/93fe0713-11cb-40ab-83d1-49c5254fb666/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> 'Self Evident', C-type print, by Ingrid Pollard, 1995, printed 2013, Brighton, England </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"PH.2040-2022","copyright":"© Siân Davey","onDisplay":true,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level D","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/34/18/5b8ba262-ce7d-4a73-9c62-5538c06779bf/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1714578" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/34/18/6292e4f8-8ff8-4b6e-b85c-1f1fa2d97255/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/34/18/33133dc1-c527-4ce5-9543-e529516ee90d/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/34/18/5b8ba262-ce7d-4a73-9c62-5538c06779bf/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/34/18/c2c03daa-924d-419f-8402-11719ef67036/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/34/18/7aae1e1c-1bfd-40d6-be3b-b3b0a90a2050/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/34/18/7c1bfaf1-9e69-40dd-8163-75fe047b76ce/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="Man with child on his back, holding a pink dog lead, with a white and brown dog. Another child holds onto the dog. " itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/34/18/6292e4f8-8ff8-4b6e-b85c-1f1fa2d97255/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> 'The Garden II', chromogenic print, by Siân Davey, 2021 </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"RPS.110-2017","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":true,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"South Kensington","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level F","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/15/43/08/bd07d33d-5fc6-4f44-872b-303d6f052a0b/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1387911" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/15/43/07/9a0f688b-5605-43c8-91b0-74c3791bc2d2/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/15/43/07/e6eaf657-fb27-446b-a8ee-1b05c0a49619/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/15/43/08/bd07d33d-5fc6-4f44-872b-303d6f052a0b/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/15/43/08/d14dade1-5d81-4244-a866-fa2ee7190d20/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/15/43/08/8c93e1b4-6eec-4a1b-81d6-3bb0f6b48ab9/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/15/43/08/e5e518e6-9588-49dd-8d5a-5b624847ac3b/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="Salted paper print of lace; strong brown colour. Botanical and floral patterns including flowers and plants." itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/15/43/07/9a0f688b-5605-43c8-91b0-74c3791bc2d2/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> Lace, salted paper print, by William Henry Fox Talbot, early 1840s, Britain </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"E.1129-2012","copyright":"© Nermine Hamma","onDisplay":false,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"","locationRoom":"","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/40/54/98cd960a-a90e-4a59-8706-9fc52f003416/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1254232" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/40/53/92e60dfa-cdc4-4162-9a01-3da572efd51d/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/40/54/a5036288-7532-4c57-b0a7-7310157d17d0/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/40/54/98cd960a-a90e-4a59-8706-9fc52f003416/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/40/54/338cf7ef-e6fd-4e06-b78a-04d4187e809b/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/40/54/1bf2d64f-4158-4fa1-81a1-e5804557f097/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/40/54/653deff8-8362-409d-b5b5-9dddc322c594/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="Two soldiers in black and white uniform, in a field. One is smoking and eating from a small tub" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/40/53/92e60dfa-cdc4-4162-9a01-3da572efd51d/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> 'The Break', Nermine Hammam, inkjet print, 2011 </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"E.1181-2023","copyright":"© Marvel Harris","onDisplay":true,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level F","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/39/40/a919ea36-fe8d-48c6-85f4-049d3b861177/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1755930" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/39/40/75dbc6b1-943e-46db-ac0b-ede729163fb5/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/39/40/7717d7d6-c8e7-41be-836d-c5770c5b56f6/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/39/40/a919ea36-fe8d-48c6-85f4-049d3b861177/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/39/40/e23b637d-8f32-42b6-bab9-8b14f410c5fe/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/39/41/f410e5b1-2cef-4b48-a775-145e319893c4/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/39/41/d1d28aac-612d-48aa-91db-ca9455ba742f/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="Artist is topless and turns away from the camera" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/39/40/75dbc6b1-943e-46db-ac0b-ede729163fb5/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> 'Disconnected', inkjet print, by Marvel Harris, 2018, the Netherlands </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"RPS.1188-2017","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":true,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level F","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/26/08/9c335220-1b68-42f2-802a-0d20bc3974c6/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1432380" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/26/08/c9953bf8-4805-4258-93ac-4377c567ede5/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/26/08/e3e9598c-fcc3-4268-bcce-e5dc16fa88da/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/26/08/9c335220-1b68-42f2-802a-0d20bc3974c6/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/26/08/baf0f3ec-6a8a-43cf-a1fa-7c2b3831dfde/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/26/08/8f42ed09-5e07-4971-8d58-2e2a0d6af962/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/26/08/386e0e17-f4f0-4364-95cf-e876cdb666c6/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="Portrait of woman/girl side-on. She has wavy hair and has a neutral expression. " itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/26/08/c9953bf8-4805-4258-93ac-4377c567ede5/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> 'The Angel at the Tomb', photograph, by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1870, Isle of Wight, England </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"73231","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":false,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level F","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/28/40/b783c56c-d282-473c-8c74-7a27106983c9/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1092656" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/28/40/df214d70-5485-4dee-b0ca-aa207f2cf07f/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/28/40/df0c62df-226f-4296-a134-bf88c16f5347/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/28/40/b783c56c-d282-473c-8c74-7a27106983c9/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/28/40/d4d3bf75-4111-4eea-81f1-b4fe12a085e6/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/28/40/8bb1f89f-f818-46d9-b2d3-fa465494d65e/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/28/40/8e7fecd0-e9ba-49bd-80c6-580dae4b5204/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="photograph of inside the Raphael gallery, with the Cartoons on easels before being hung" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/12/28/40/df214d70-5485-4dee-b0ca-aa207f2cf07f/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> 'View of the Raphael Cartoons Galleries at the South Kensington Museum', albumen print, by Isabel Agnes Cowper, about 1873 </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"E.1140-2008","copyright":"© Tim Walker","onDisplay":false,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"South Kensington","locationRoom":"","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2021/11/12/13/02/55/be11f792-c11b-493c-ad3f-69bae0b15a0e/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O240238" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2021/11/12/13/02/54/26ef772f-a3f4-4a84-afed-b77a2fdb9c1a/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2021/11/12/13/02/55/49316b20-b1a7-4634-82f8-3e6134a66c33/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2021/11/12/13/02/55/be11f792-c11b-493c-ad3f-69bae0b15a0e/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2021/11/12/13/02/55/13b68c52-4dbb-45a2-9046-706bfba34c52/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2021/11/12/13/02/55/613242fb-3d63-4364-974a-6554bca86b64/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2021/11/12/13/02/55/0a9a4e99-f324-44a4-ad6f-f3bd4d22c426/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="Woman stood leaning on a big camera, with the flash going off" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2021/11/12/13/02/54/26ef772f-a3f4-4a84-afed-b77a2fdb9c1a/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> 'Lily Cole and Giant Camera', inkjet print, by Tim Walker, 2004. Museum no. E.1140-2008 </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"E.288:8-1994","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":false,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level F","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/14/09/8244d24c-1102-40c2-afc3-30966e1abc97/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O218920" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/14/08/e0af83c2-c5f2-4412-a8a6-fa462f319be6/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/14/08/935d693b-3d4a-4f81-aa2a-d159e60b9862/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/14/09/8244d24c-1102-40c2-afc3-30966e1abc97/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/14/09/c8fd84bf-f86a-43b7-9491-04c83daac6d1/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/14/09/f853088a-4c05-488c-98c6-f3aa6cfd18c0/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/14/09/ee272e21-cc20-447a-ba39-77bc5bd6f57d/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="Three teenage boys smoking in the street, wearing blazers and ties" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/01/04/11/14/08/e0af83c2-c5f2-4412-a8a6-fa462f319be6/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> 'Boys smoking, Portland Road, April 15 1956', gelatin silver print, by Roger Mayne, 1956, London, England </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"E.2799:3-1990","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":true,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level F","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/00/36/947759e1-91bb-4f88-989a-28aed801756a/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1096218" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/00/36/e139c1d4-518d-4581-86f7-ca2131e46730/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/00/36/66afb078-1fc7-4a12-bfef-7f2d44ab4431/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/00/36/947759e1-91bb-4f88-989a-28aed801756a/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/00/36/cb84df54-8286-4ab6-9286-23974add1b3c/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/00/36/6b80f040-06f3-486f-be3d-0788a919edf1/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/00/36/dc89e74f-dee7-4530-ac13-ba670818d360/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="Pink flower, darker in the middle and lighter towards the edge of the petals" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/00/36/e139c1d4-518d-4581-86f7-ca2131e46730/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> 'Tree Peony' from Some Japanese Flowers Vol. I, collotype with lithographic overprinting in colour, by Kazumasa Ogawa, 1894, Japan </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"LOAN:AMERICASFOUNDATION.758-2022","copyright":"© Mark Ruwedel","onDisplay":true,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level F","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/05/12/80fbbc59-d3f2-4bc6-a819-ffec6c4d2842/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1719307" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/05/12/bf17b05d-ed50-4ad8-9d15-0e2aa1d3844f/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/05/12/4c15ce01-3679-4651-a601-c5b62c60f4a7/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/05/12/80fbbc59-d3f2-4bc6-a819-ffec6c4d2842/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/05/12/f22ff696-1caa-451f-bba3-11c37f8a7dcb/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/05/12/6f28b037-69c5-4133-9bfa-a5ba4595b6ba/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/05/12/8d148a4b-dccf-47bf-9221-130cba6b68ef/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="Black and white photograph of a tree which has fallen onto a rock face" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/12/13/05/12/bf17b05d-ed50-4ad8-9d15-0e2aa1d3844f/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> 'Columbia and Western #3', from the series 'Westward, the Course of Empire', by Mark Ruwedel, 1999 </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":null,"copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":false,"displayOverride":null,"storageOverride":null,"locationSite":"","locationRoom":"","visitUrl":null}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/13/11/06/14/f0e49b39-c64c-4a39-9bb3-38e32af45ce8/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="#" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/13/11/06/14/aca35090-304e-4631-a071-9a7e33eb486b/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/13/11/06/14/e47fc872-9c4d-4f68-aaa6-6cba2402503e/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/13/11/06/14/f0e49b39-c64c-4a39-9bb3-38e32af45ce8/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/13/11/06/14/cb6d4dbf-0c83-432c-a251-6f8a1ab6eb85/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/13/11/06/14/bcdf9b35-09c2-4484-94de-773cbd3af4ce/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/13/11/06/15/6f6ad4c2-47f0-465a-a7f7-7f090e5fc6bb/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="Woman with brown hair and red lipstick, fixing her earring to her ear" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2024/02/13/11/06/14/aca35090-304e-4631-a071-9a7e33eb486b/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> 'The Earring', photograph, by Madame Yevonde, about 1936, UK </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> </ul> <div class="objects__footer qa-exhibition-objects-plan"> <a class="u-btn u-btn--black u-btn--arrowed" 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