The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Acquired with the Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

Chuck Close, American, born 1940, Kara, 2007, daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund © Chuck Close, courtesy Pace Gallery

Adam Fuss, British, born 1961, For Allegra, from the series "My Ghost," 2012, daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953, May Flowers, 2002, chromogenic print, 2013, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund © Carrie Mae Weems, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Hiroshi Sugimoto, Japanese, born 1948, Tri City Drive-In, San Bernardino, 1993, gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund © Hiroshi Sugimoto, courtesy Pace Gallery

Vera Lutter, German, born 1960, Ca' del Duca Sforza, Venice II: January 13–14, 2008, 2008, three gelatin silver paper negatives, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund © Vera Lutter, courtesy Gagosian Gallery, New York

Uta Barth, American, born Germany, 1958, …and to draw a bright white line with light (Untitled 11.5), 2011, three inkjet prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, Courtesy of the artist and Tonya Bonakdar Gallery, New York

Binh Danh, American, born Vietnam, 1977, Ghost of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum #1, 2008, daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

Mark Ruwedel, American, born 1954, Canadian Pacific #3 from Westward the Course of Empire, 2000, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund © Mark Ruwedel, courtesy of Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica

Idris Khan, British, born 1978, Houses of Parliament, London, 2012, digital silver bromide print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund © Idris Khan

Moyra Davey, Canadian, born 1958, Copperhead #95, 1990, chromogenic print, 2010-2011, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

Christian Marclay, American, born 1955, Allover (A Gospel Reunion), 2009, cyanotype, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund © Christian Marclay, courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery