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The Washington Post reports this morning: From its very beginnings, the Smithsonian Institution has taken and collected photographs. Masses of them. John Brown’s steely eyes were captured in a daguerreotype by August Washington in 1846. A now-extinct Tasmanian hyena, sleek and striped, attracted photographer Thomas W. Smillie in 1891. Harry Bowden went to Jackson Pollock’s chaotic studio in 1949 and …Continue reading →