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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.
Current Exhibitions
Limits of Photography
January 21––March 25, 2012
DetailsLimits of Photography explores the areas in which the viewer loses confidence in the veracity of a photographically-based work.
Events and Lectures
Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker J.J. Murphy
February 2, 2012 | Details
To create Print Generation, J.J. Murphy duplicated a one minute piece of film fifty times, mapping the deterioration of image and sound through each generation from abstract to concrete and back again. This rarely-seen seminal film raises questions about perception,…
Video Playlist: Speechless
February 29, 2012 | Details
Curated by Eric Fleischauer, Speechless is a one-night public screening of video work in conjunction with the MoCP’s Limits of Photography exhibition. The artists featured in this screening locate limitations inherent within the medium of video, subverting and usurping these…
Limits of Digital Photography: A W.J.T. Mitchell Lecture
March 20, 2012 | Details
W.J.T. Mitchell is a scholar and theorist of media, visual art, and literature associated with the emergent fields of visual culture and iconology (the study of images across the media). This lecture argues against the view that digital photography does…