© Robert Frank. London, 1952. Gelatin silver print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1991.

Night Vision: Photography After Dark is currently on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art until September 18, 2011. The 40 black-and-white photographs in the show, which are drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, span the history of night photography, which began in the late 1870s with the introduction of the gelatin dry-plate process that allowed photographers to shoot in low light situations. For more visit www.metmuseum.org.

Charleston, South Carolina, 1955, [Plate 13 from The Americans] © Robert Frank/Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery, New York City

Robert Frank at the Robert Mann Gallery coincides with the 50th anniversary of the publication of his seminal book The Americans. The exhibition includes iconic images from The Americans, as well as earlier poetic photographs taken in Paris and London. Robert Frank will be on view until January 9 at Robert Mann Gallery, 210 Eleventh Avenue, New York City.