The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) is the only museum in the Midwest with an exclusive commitment to the medium of photography. By presenting projects and exhibitions that embrace a wide range of contemporary aesthetics and technologies, the Museum strives to communicate the value and significance of photographic images as expressions of human thought, imagination, and creativity.

The MoCP will be closed for Thanksgiving from Thursday, November 26 through Sunday, November 29, 2009.

Current Exhibitions

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  Reversed Images: Representations of Shanghai and Its Contemporary Material Culture

  September 25 – December 23, 2009
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  Reversed Images: Representations of Shanghai and Its Contemporary Material Culture looks at the city of Shanghai and its development into one of the global economy’s top cities in the new millennium.

Events and Lectures

• Lecture: PENELOPE UMBRICO

  November 12, 2009 | Details
  

  This program is presented by the Columbia College Photography Department’s Lectures in Photography series. Thursday, 6pm 618 S. Wabash Ave, 2nd Floor…

• FILM SCREENING: Works by Mathieu Borysevicz, Shu Haolun, and Sylvie Levey

  November 19, 2009 | Details
  

  Films screened: Mathieu Borysevicz’s Taian lu (12 Min); Shu Haolun’s Nostalgia (70 min); Sylvie Levey’s Shanghai Waiting for Paradise (26 min) Taian lu is a poetic account of a pregnant woman’s journey through the city of Shanghai. Nostalgia is an…

• MEMBERS ONLY AFTER HOURS CURATOR TOUR: Reversed Images: Representations of Shanghai and Its Contemporary Material Culture

  December 1, 2009 | Details
  

  Yang Fudong, The First Intellectual, 2000 Join fellow members in a private tour of Reversed Images with the exhibition’s curator Natasha Egan and enjoy some refreshments. Space is limited. Please call 312-369-9974 or email sarmiller@colum.edu to reserve your spot. Tuesday,…

• OPENING RECEPTION and LECTURE: 50% Grey

  January 28, 2010 | Details
  

  Please join us for an opening reception and lecture (details TBA) for 50% Grey: Contemporary Czech Photography Reconsidered. Reception: Thursday, 5 - 7pm Lecture: Details TBA…