Among Paul Strand's early works, Wall Street is recognized by collectors and scholars as an icon of modernism, an image that redefined the art of photography. This world famous image, among the most often reproduced masterworks of photography, "did much to lead American photography toward sharp-focus realism as well as abstraction, toward urban subjects and the machine aesthetic."—Milton W. Brown Of all the great photographers of the twentieth century, Paul Strand most truly embodies the aspirations and spirit of his age. For more than sixty years, he created photographs that continue to increase in value and historical significance. Their impact is a result of concentration of essentials, purity, passion, and precision in a form that sustains these qualities as a lasting inheritance. Paul Strand's work has been exhibited worldwide and is represented in major collections including The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others