Often a distinction is made between “commercial” and “artistic” photography but as these works show a photograph can be both at the same time.
Manuel Alvarez Bravo, El Sistema Nervioso Del Gran Simpatico, ca. 1929 (1.1979.b)
Gjon Mili, Powder Puff (Vogue), 1943 (8.1998)
Kyle, [Advertisement for Axel Mirano’s amusement apparatus, the Auto Flying Torpedo], 1919-20 (897.1990)
Gordon Coster, [Advertisement for Venetian blinds], 1930s (2010.119.17)
Fans in a Flashbulb 