'The exhibition explores early photography from the mid-19th century and the most exciting contemporary photographs, alongside historical painting. It takes a provocative look at how photographers use fine art traditions, including Old Master painting, to explore and justify the possibilities of their art.' The National Gallery, London (May, 2012)

Artists: James Anderson, José Manuel Ballester, Tina Barney, Richard Billingham, Nicky Bird, John Bakemore, Adolphe Braun, Maisie Broadhead, Julia Margaret Cameron, Helen Chadwick, Tacita Dean, Luc Delahaye, Rineke Dijkstra, Eugène Durieu, Roger Fenton, Oli, Gersht, Nan Goldin, Pierre Gonnord, Beate Gütschow, Hill & Adamson, Evelyn Hofer, Craigie Horsfield, Tom Hunter, Louis-Jean-Bapiste Igout, Sarah Jones, Karen Knorr, Richard Learoyd, Jean-Bapiste Gustave Le Gray, Dave Lewis, Eadweard Muybridge, Nadar, Simon Norfolk, Martin Parr, John Robert Parsons, Jorma Purnaen, Oscar Gustav Rejlander, Jem Southam, Thomas Struth, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Maud Sulter, William Henry Fox Talbot, Sam Taylor-Wood, Jeff Wall, David Wilkie Wynfield, Bettina Von Zwehl

Curated by Hope Kingsley, Curator for Education and Collections at the Wilson Centre for Photography, and Christopher Riopelle, Curator of Post-1800 Paintings at the National Gallery, London.