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For information, press packets, or high resolution images from current, past, and/or upcoming exhibitions, please contact:

Audrey Michelle Mast at: audrey.m.mast[at]gmail.com

Press Releases

Upcoming Exhibitions

Peripheral Views: States of America
July 13—September 30, 2012
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Current News

MoCP Announces New Director Natasha Egan (download press release, 23K)


Current Exhibitions and Events

Survival Techniques: Narratives of Resistance
April 13—July 1, 2012

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Past Exhibitions and Events

The Limits of Photography
January 21 - March 25, 2012

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Crime Unseen
October 28, 2011 - January 15, 2012

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Our Origins
July 29 - October 15, 2011

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Public Works
April 28 - July 17, 2011

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u-n-f-o-l-d
March 17 - April 23, 2011
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Kahn & Selesnick: The Apollo Prophecies and Mars Adrift on the Hourglass Sea
January 14 - April 3, 2011
Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba
January 10 - March 6, 2011

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Talkin’ Back: Chicago Youth Respond
April 8 - 17, 2011

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La Frontera: The Cultural Impact of Mexican Migration
October 8 - December 22, 2010
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John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From The Collections Of Jordan D. Schnitzer And His Family Foundation
Paula McCartney: Birdwatching

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Sarah Pickering: Incident Control
April 9 - June 20, 2010
and Geissler/Sann: the real estate
April 9 - May 23, 2010

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Talkin’ Back: Chicago Youth Respond
May 27- June 20, 2010

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50% Grey: Contemporary Czech Photography Reconsidered
and
Recent Acquisitions from the Anne and Jacques Baruch Collection of Czech Photography
January 29 - March 28, 2010

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Reversed Images: Representations of Shanghai and Its Contemporary Material Culture
September 25 - December 23, 2009

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MP3, Volume 2: Midwest Photographers Project
Curtis Mann, John Opera, Stacia Yeapanis
July 17 - September 13, 2009

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The Edge of Intent
May 1 - July 5, 2009

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PhotoDimensional
February 13 - April 19, 2009
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Michael Wolf: The Transparent City
Work/Place
November 14, 2008 - January 31, 2009
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On the Road: Farm Security Administration; Dorothea Lange; Robert Frank; Dave Anderson
September 5 - December 1, 2008
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Beyond the Backyard
June 20 - August 23, 2008
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2008

Talkin’ Back: Chicago Youth Respond
June 4 - 10, 2008
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Building Pictures
April 4 - May 31, 2008
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This Land Is Your Land
February 1 - March 22, 2008
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Beate Gütschow: LS/S
Jan Theu van Rees: One Wall Away: Chicago’s Hidden Spaces
October 25, 2007 - January 10, 2008
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Artist Michael Wolf photographing on Chicago’s rooftops for future MoCP show
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2007

Loaded Landscapes
August 16 - October 13, 2007
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Relative Closeness: Photographs of Family and Friends
June 15 - August 4, 2007
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Talkin’ Back 4
May 31 - June 2, 2007
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Barbara Probst: Exposures
April 6 - June 2, 2007
Monika Brandmeier: Pictures and Views
April 6 - May 25, 2007
Tim Roda: Family Album
April 18 - May 25, 2007
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2006

Robert Heinecken: Sex and Food, a Memorial Exhibiton / Misty Keasler: Love Hotels / Larry Sultan: The Valley
January 18 - March 24, 2007
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Coco Fusco: Operation Atropos
Screening and Discussion, Saturday November 18, 7pm
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An-My Lê: Small Wars and 29 Palms
War Fare: Work by Ashley Gilbertson, Sean Hemmerle, Sarah Pickering, Martha Rosler, and Sean Snyder
October 27, 2006 - January 6, 2007
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Tim Davis: My Life in Politics
Greta Pratt: Using History
MP3: Kelli Connell, Justin Newhall, Brian Ulrich
August 18, 2006 - October 14, 2006

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André Kertész, On Reading
June 8 - August 12, 2006
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Talkin’ Back 3: Chicago Youth Respond
May 23 - 27, 2006
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Society for Photographic Education Conference Download press release (PDF)
March 23 - 26, 2006

Anticipation
March 18 - May 20, 2006
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2005

Made In China Download press release (PDF)
January 12 - March 4, 2006

Jeffrey A. Wolin: Inconvenient Stories Download press release (PDF)
October 13 - Decemer 17, 2005

Stages of Memory: The War in Vietnam Download press release (PDF)
October 13 - Decemer 17, 2005

Listening Event: Sigur Ros Download press release (PDF)
September 7, 2005

Commit to Memory Download press release (PDF)
September 6 - November 11, 2005

Taryn Simon: The Innocents Download press release (PDF)
August 2 - October 1, 2005

Eirik Johnson: Borderlands Download press release (PDF)
August 2 - October 1, 2005

Painting on Photography: Photography on Painting Download press release (PDF)
May 26 - July 21, 2005

Lee Friedlander: Sticks and Stones and At Work Download press release (PDF)
March 12 - May 14, 2005

Manufactured Self Download press release (PDF)
January 10 - March 3, 2005

2004

Camera/Action Download press release (PDF)
October 15 - December 23, 2004

Mary Ellen Mark: Twins and Falkland Road Download press release (PDF)
July 23 - October 5, 2004

Ditto: Multiples from the Collection July 23 - October 5, 2004

Shimon Attie - The History of Another Download press release (PDF)
May 6 through July 2, 2004

Utopia’s Backyard Download press release (PDF)
May 6 through July 2, 2004

Conversations: Text & Image Download press release (PDF)
February 26 through April 17, 2004

Witness: Contemporary Mexican Photojournalism Download press release (PDF)
February 26 through April 28, 2004

Consuming Nature Download press release (PDF)
December 11, 2003 through February 19, 2004

2003

Paul Shambroom Download press release (PDF)
October 3 through December 5, 2003

Garry Winogrand: 1964 Download press release (PDF)
July 24 through September 27, 2003

The Furtive Gaze Download press release (PDF)
May 8 through July 12, 2003

Paul Berger Download press release (PDF)
March 12 through April 29, 2003

Jason Salavon Download press release (PDF)
March 12 through April 29, 2003

Andrea Robbins and Max Becher: The Transportation of Place Download press release (PDF)
January 10 through March 5, 2003

Shirana Shahbazi: Goftare Nik/Good Words Download press release (PDF)
January 10 through March 5, 2003

Alan Cohen: Improbable Borders: The Equator Download press release (PDF)
January 10 through February 5, 2003

2002

Scott Fortino Download press release (PDF)
November 8 through December 20, 2002

Rod Slemmons appointed new director of The Museum of Contemporary Photography Download press release (PDF)
July 2002

Adi Nes: Photographs
Tracey Baran
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September 27 through December 20, 2002

Paul D’Amato: In the Company of Men: Photographs of Men’s Social Clubs Download press release (PDF)
September 17 through November 2, 2002

Justine Kurland Download press release (PDF)
June 28 through September 14, 2002

Anthony Goicolea Download press release (PDF)
June 28 through September 14, 2002

Hellen van Meene Download press release (PDF)
June 28 through September 14, 2002

Ellen Carey’s Mourning Wall Download press release (PDF)
March 22 through May 18, 2002

Chicago Obscura - Photography by Vera Lutter Download press release (PDF)
March 22 through June 15, 2002

Barbara Crane: Chicago Loop Photographs Download press release (PDF)
March 22 through June 15, 2002

Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography after the Revolution Download press release (PDF)
January 12 through March 9, 2002

2001

Audible Imagery: Sound and Photography Download press release (PDF)
October 26 through December 21, 2001

“Fifty-cent Masterpieces” an exhibition organized by Victor Skrebneski Download press release (PDF)
August 10, 2001 through October 13, 2001

“A Hundred Summers, A Hundred Winters,” “East Wind, West Wind,” and “Men” an exhibition of Bertien van Manen, organized by Bas Vroege, Paradox. Download press release (PDF)

“Pictures from the Street” and “Statics” Chicago debut of Joachim Schmid Download press release (PDF)

Oliver Boberg, Nikki S. Lee, Zwelethu Mthethwa Download press release (PDF)
May 9, 2001 through July 28, 2001

Antonia Contro and Maurizio Pellegrin, David Ireland, Clement Cooper Download press release (PDF)
March 1, 2001 through April 28, 2001

Wojciech Prazmowski, Nic Nicosia, Tomoko Yoneda, Heike Baranowsky, Michael Spano, Aziz +Cucher Download press release (PDF)
December 8, 2000 through February 17, 2001

2000

Seydou Keïta, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Anna Fox, 20 × 24 Polaroids, Tracey Moffatt (with Gary Hillberg), Barbara Kasten Download press release (PDF)
September 23 through November 22, 2000

Sophie Calle, Mat Collishaw, Anna + Bernhard Blume, Candida Höfer, Flor Garduño, Jim Dine Download press release (PDF)
June 24 through August 19, 2000

John Davies, Angela Grauerholz, Katarzyna Kozyra, Andreas Müller-Pohle, Seton Smith Download press release (PDF)
April 6 through June 10, 2000