It is tempting to think that the digital revolution introduced new levels of fakery, said Zed Nelson, a photographer featured in "Beauty Culture" who has spent part of his career considering the effects of the globalization of Western beauty ideals.
Michelle Garey, another birth photographer featured in the series, summed up her goal in showcasing midwives.
She told HuffPost that the event was made even more special because she hung up photos from her mother, a photographer, featuring a step-by-step process of making a PB&J sandwich.
The 10 photographers featured here did not receive large grants.
Among the photographers featured were Lewis Carroll, Hill and Adamson, Gustave Le Gray, Edward Weston, Judy Linn, and, of course, Mapplethorpe.
Among the photographers featured are Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Brassai, Robert Adams and Diane Arbus; among the painters, Francis Bacon, Edward Hopper, Mark Rothko and Rene Magritte.
Photo: "Haverstraw, N.Y., 1966" by Lee Friedlander, one of the photographers featured in "Easy Rider: Road Trips Through America".
On Saturday, the Bronx Documentary Center will open the exhibit "Miradas: Contemporary Mexican Photographers," featuring the work of Chuy Benitez, Fernando Brito, Alejandro Cartagena, Mauricio Palos, and Ruth Prieto Arenas.
From pleats to plaid, collars to stockings, the photographers featured below have documented, or have been inspired by, school uniforms from around the world.
She has worked for the magazine for the past two decades, but she still does not believe there are enough female photographers featured in major news publications.
