“Arnold Newman: Masterclass,” exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, S.F. through Feb. 1, 2015

Arnold Newman, Self-portrait, Philadelphia, 1938. Gelatin silver print © 1938, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

The “Arnold Newman: Masterclass,”exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco features more than 200 vintage black and white photographs taken by Arnold Newman, one of the 20^thcentury’s most influential portrait photographers in a career that spanned 70 years. 

His subjects included Truman Capote, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Grandma Moses and Igor Stravinsky. Through Feb. 1, 2015. Admission: Free to $12. Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. (415) 655-7800, www.cjm.org,  www.arnoldnewman.com.

Arnold Newman, Marcel Duchamp, painter and sculptor, New York, 1942. Gelatin silver print © 1942, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor, New York, 1946. Gelatin silver print © 1946, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Martha Graham, dancer, choreographer and teacher, New York 1961. Gelatin silver print © 1961, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Major Robert Michael White, military aircraft test pilot, with X‐15, California, 1950. Gelatin silver print © 1950, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Dr. Edwin H. Land with group of Polaroid Employees, Polaroid warehouse in Needham, Mass., 1977. Gelatin silver print © 1977, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Salvador Dalí, painter, New York, 1951. Gelatin silver print © 1951, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Robert Doisneau, photographer, New York, 1981. Gelatin silver print © 1981, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Arnold Newman, Igor Stravinsky, composer and conductor, New York, 1946. Gelatin silver print © 1946, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.