A dream photo collection

We all dream of the collection we could make if we had limitless time and resources. In this series, FT photography critic Francis Hodgson selects the must-have images that would comprise his ideal collection

Roger Fenton the queens target 1860 ©Royal Collection Trust From LIFE & ARTS

‘The Queen’s Target’ by Roger Fenton

This image by a pioneering Victorian photographer is both a royal souvenir and a strikingly early piece of abstract art

Cindy Sherman 3 Untitled prints ©Cindy Sherman From LIFE & ARTS

‘Bus Riders’ by Cindy Sherman

This serious yet funny 1976 series prefigures everything Sherman has done since – and does not come cheap

Richard Misrach’s ‘Submerged Trailer, Salton Sea, California’ (1983) From LIFE & ARTS

‘Submerged Trailer, Salton Sea, California’ by Richard Misrach

This image by a veteran environmental photographer is both harsh critique and delicate study of light

Lartigue’s ‘Bibi’ (1920) ©Ministere de la Culture-France/AA From LIFE & ARTS

‘Bibi’ by Jacques Henri Lartigue

Ahead of his time? The French photographer’s pioneering Autochromes are ideally viewed on a computer screen

Julia Margaret Cameron’s 1867 portrait of Angelo Colarossi ©National Media Museum/Science & S From LIFE & ARTS

‘Portrait of Angelo Colarossi’ by Julia Margaret Cameron

FT critic Francis Hodgson examines the work of a grand Anglo-Indian administrator’s wife in High Victorian England

Mari Mahr’s ‘O’Keeffe New York, 1925’ (1981) From LIFE & ARTS

‘Georgia O’Keeffe – New York, 1925’ by Mari Mahr

In the latest instalment in his series on his dream photography collection, FT critic Francis Hodgson looks at the work of a little-known Hungarian-born photographer

‘Great North Road Garage, Edinburgh, November 1981’ ©© The artist, courtesy Anthony Re From LIFE & ARTS

‘Great North Road Garage, Edinburgh, November 1981’ by Paul Graham

In the latest instalment in his series on his dream photography collection, FT critic Francis Hodgson looks at a work by an undervalued British photographer

‘Konditormeister, Köln Lindenthal’ (c.1928) ©© August Sander Archive, Cologne; From LIFE & ARTS

‘Konditormeister’ by August Sander

FT critic Francis Hodgson continues his series on his dream photography collection with a masterpiece from Weimar Germany

Luiz Gonzales Palma From LIFE & ARTS

‘1624’ by Luis González Palma

FT critic Francis Hodgson continues his series on his dream photography collection with a work by a contemporary Guatemalan photographer

Doisneau’s ‘L’Accordéoniste de la Rue Mouffetard’ (1951) ©Getty From LIFE & ARTS

‘L’Accordéoniste de la Rue Mouffetard’ by Robert Doisneau

In the third in a series on his dream photography collection, FT critic Francis Hodgson unravels a French classic

From LIFE & ARTS

‘Sarah Wingate’ by Nick Knight

Nick Knight’s photograph comes from early in the series of clothing catalogues he made for designer Yohji Yamamoto

From LIFE & ARTS

‘Ady’s Poem’ by André Kertész

In the first in a series on his dream photography collection, FT critic Francis Hodgson focuses on a Hungarian master

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