Images of the Middle East form an important part of the 14 million items in the Prints and Photographs Division (P&P) of the Library of Congress (LC). The Middle East designation covers a broad geographical region stretching from Algiers in North Africa, to Samarqand in present day Uzbekistan. Most of the photographs, negatives, book illustrations, posters, albums, stereographs, and prints date from between 1840 to the present and document people, archaeological sites, buildings, important events, and everyday life. The photographers include resident foreigners such as Rudolf Lehnert and Ernst Landrock (generally known by their corporate name Lehnert & Landrock), travelers to the region like Francis Frith, local photographers such as Ottoman military photographer Ali Riza Pasha, and most recently LC staff members who visited war-torn Baghdad. The Middle East holdings total about 50,000 items, received through copyright deposit, gift and purchase.