The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) is the world’s premier college art museum dedicated to photography, with a permanent collection of over 16,000 works.&nbsp; As an international hub, the MoCP generates ideas and provokes dialogue among students, artists, and diverse communities through groundbreaking exhibitions and programming.Founded by Columbia College Chicago in 1976 as an intimate and comprehensive visual study center for students, educators, and general audiences alike, the MoCP presents public programs and exhibitions that foster a greater understanding of the artistic, cultural, and political implications of the image in our world today.Now in its 47th year, the MoCP continues to offer a stimulating and innovative forum for the collection, creation, and examination of contemporary images from diverse aesthetic traditions and technologies.Visit <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/organizations/mocp.org">mocp.org</a> to stay up-to-date on our programs.Photo by Philip Dembinski&nbsp;

Catherine Opie is one of the most important photographers of her generation. Her subjects have included early seminal portraits of the LGBTQ+ community, the architecture of Los Angeles’ freeway system, mansions in Beverly Hills, Midwestern icehouses, high school football players, California surfers, and abstract landscapes of National Parks, among others.This program is sponsored in partnership by MoCP, Columbia College Chicago School of Visual Arts, and <a href=https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=b742615b7a&amp;e=62775191de>FILTER PHOTO</a>.<a href=https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=a4812d6aa5&amp;e=62775191de>Read more</a>Left: Catherine Opie, Right: Catherine Opie, Crystal Cross, 1989

Lecture in Photography: Catherine Opie

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