Museum of Contemporary Photography
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| Established | 1984 |
| Location | 600 South Michigan Avenue, Near South Side, Chicago, Illinois |
| Director | Rod Slemmons |
| Website | www.mocp.org |
The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) was founded in 1984 by Columbia College Chicago. It is well known for an active program and curating which discovers many emerging and mid-career artists. The museum houses the Midwest Photographers Project (MPP), which contains portfolios of photographers and artists' work who reside in the midwestern United States.
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[edit] Permanent collection
The MoCP’s permanent collection focuses on American and U.S. resident photography of the 20th century and today. The collection features work by Ansel Adams, Harry Callahan, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Julia Margaret Cameron, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Irving Penn, Aaron Siskind, and Victor Skrebneski among the 7,000-plus photographs and photographically related objects, including gelatin-silver prints, color work, digital pieces, photograms, and various alternative processes.
[edit] Selected exhibitions
Of the Museum's exhibitions since 2001,[1] notable ones have included:
- Paul Shambroom: Evidence of Democracy, October 3 - December 5, 2003[2][3]
- Michael Wolf: The Transparent City and Work/Place, November 14, 2008 - January 31, 2009[4][5]
- Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba, January 10 - March 6, 2011[6][7]
[edit] References
- ^ Museum of Contemporary Photography. Past Exhibitions. Accessed August 19, 2011.
- ^ Combs, Marianne Evidence of democracy. Minnesota Public Radio, November 7, 2003. Accessed August 19, 2011.
- ^ Artner, Alan G. Shambroom's bleak view of U.S. Chicago Tribune, November 6, 2003. Accessed August 19, 2011.
- ^ Artner, Alan G. Photos offer voyeurism along with abstraction. Chicago Tribune, November 21, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2011.
- ^ Weinberg, Lauren. Michael Wolf & "Work/Place." Time Out Chicago, December 10, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2011.
- ^ Waxman, Lori. African avenues of broken dreams. Chicago Tribune, February 18, 2011. Accessed August 19, 2011.
- ^ Weinberg, Lauren. "Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba" at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Time Out Chicago, February 2, 2011. Accessed August 19, 2011.
[edit] External links
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