The most expensive photographs have already placed themselves in the history of art and culture. What makes these photographs worthy of their price, discover for yourselves.

Georgia O'Keeffe Nude (Photographer: Alfred Stieglitz)

This photograph was sold at Sotheby's New York auction in 2006 for $1,360,000. Considered as one of the classic photographs of Stieglitz, the photographer captured O'Keeffe in the series of photographs.

Joueur d'Órgue (Photographer: Eugene Atget)

This photograph was sold at Christie's New York auction in 2010 for $6,86,500. This photograph was captured on Paris streets during 1898-1899. Eventually, the photograph was sold for over six time of the predicted price.

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (Photographer: Ansel Adams)

This photograph was sold at Sotheby's New York auction in October 2006 for $609,600. The photograph was captured in November 1941. Adams had to make more than 1,300 prints of the photograph as the photograph became hugely popular. Art historian Horst Janson described it as the perfect combination of pure and straight photographic art.

Nautilus (Photographer: Edward Weston)

This photograph was sold at Sotheby's New York auction in April 2010 for $1,082,500. Weston captured it in 1927 when he noticed that there were a number of paintings of sea shells in Henrietta Shore's studio. Several historians consider this photograph as a defining moment in Weston's photography career.

Nude (Photographer: Edward Weston)

This photograph was sold at Sotheby's New York auction in 2008 for $1,609,00. This is considered to be one of Weston's most appreciated nudes. There was a heated confrontation between a couple of bidders while bidding for the same photograph. Eventually, the photograph was sold almost double the expected amount.

One (Photographer: Peter Lik)

This photograph was sold by an anonymous collector in December 2010 for $1,000,000. The Australian photographer, Peter Lik, specializes in landscape photography. He is frequently compared with Ansel Adams. The photograph resembles a piece of impressionist painting. It was captured by the riverbanks of the Androscoggin situated in New Hampshire. It remains to be the only print of the photograph.

Read Most Expensive Photographs in History: Part I

Mexico New York