100 X Photo

Book excerpt: The Stedelijk Museum's photography collection is the oldest of its kind in a European museum for modern art. This catalogue presents a selection of 100 photographs from approximately 4,000 in the Museum's holdings. Drawing on famous masterpieces and lesser known images, this selection gives an impression of the quality of the collection and of the versatility of photography's potential for expression over the past century, from Eugene Atget to Andreas Gurski and from Lewis Hine to Nan Goldin.