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Article: A polestar for photography.(contemporary photography, various artists, Columbia University's Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL)
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- May 1, 1999
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The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago, houses a vast collection of American photography created after 1959, the year of the U.S. publication of Robert Frank's The Americans, the arbitrary yet pertinent date set for the museum's collection policy. "Photography's Multiple Roles: Art, Document, Market, Science" pulls from this collection to examine and find the connection between these four aspects of photography today. The exhibition and catalog include 170 works as well as illuminating essays. The Museum navigates contemporary photography's diverse and complex associations with visionary brilliance.
The exhibition presented an ...