The large-sized photographs of the so-called Dusseldorf school occupy a predominating place in this selection of contemporary names; though this presence, in almost perfect attendance, is an uneven representation of the collection as a whole. Within the most interesting and representative work of this group are the impeccable architectural interiors of Cándida Höfer, which include the striking MIT Cambridge, a general view of an improvised study class in the basketball gymnasium of the school. The idealized fictions of Thomas Demand should also be mentioned, made into fragile and perishable cardboard models. Flare is a group of 28 images simulating different moments in which the sun filters between the leaves of a tree, patiently reproduced in cardboard, as though recording a moment of contemplation. These artists, each through his individual work, attempts to recover different ways of observing "reality", based on the critical use of the camera as a device for conceptual recording.

The works of Francys Alÿs, the Belgian born artist living in Mexico, are an essential chapter within the actions and performances that utilize video or photography as documentary support. When Faith moves mountains is an epic Project in which 500 volunteers moved a sand dune on the outskirts of the city of Lima, armed solely with a shovel and effort. Also outstanding are the numerous records of his Hypothesis of a walk, numbered and rotulated photographic files documenting sundry actions, such as hauling a block of ice until it melts, walking with magnets inside a pair of shoes until all possible metals have been attached, or traveling from Tijuana to San Diego without crossing the border. In each case, the artist records contemporary fables within respective poetic actions by means of a visual writing process.