In the 1980s, Derrill Bazzy was a photographer living in Guatemala, where he documented human rights violations against indigenous tribes. His work is included in the book: Rescatando Nuestra Memoria: Represión, Refugio y Recuperación de las Poblaciones Desarraigadas por la Violencia en Guatemala (2009 - F&G Editores). Commenting on his work, Bazzy said: "It was an education tool for the next generation to learn about what happened, that's why I took the photographs so people could have a record," he said in a newspaper interview. "I can’t begin to say how terrible it was there... those photographs belong to them [the Guatemalan people] and having them as an archive is a wonderful opportunity." The Museum of Modern Art has holdings of Bazzy's work.

Additional photographs in the collection are the work of Harvey Finkle, a documentary still photographer from Philadelphia who has produced a substantial body of work concerned with social, political, and cultural issues. His work has been extensively exhibited and published, including four books entitled, Urban Nomads, Still Home: Jews of South Philadelphia, Reading, and Independent Living: The People Behind the Movement.