Thesion, Athens
1938 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1982
13 1/2 × 10 5/16" (34.4 × 26.2 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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G. E. Kidder Smith
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Brazil Builds
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943
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Stockholm Builds
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941
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G. E. Kidder Smith was an American photographer and architectural historian who documented modernist buildings and urban landscapes across the United States and internationally from the 1940s onward. His large-format color and black-and-white photographs served as both artistic records and historical archives, capturing postwar American architecture at a critical moment of expansion and formal innovation. Smith's work bridged commercial photography and scholarly documentation, establishing a visual survey methodology that influenced how architectural heritage was preserved and studied.
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