Collection

The core of the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s collection consists of more than 17,000 works by over 1,950 artists. The collection is fully searchable and browsable by Artist, Collection Highlights, the Midwest Photographers Project, and the Snider Prize.

The Snider Prize

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Collection Highlights

Midwest Photographer's Project

View the rotating collection of portfolios by both prominent and emerging photographers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Recent Acquisitions

Mary Funmaker, from the “Strong Unrelenting Spirits” series

Collection Item

2015

Institution I

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2020

Parent’s Bedroom

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2018

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IMLS Grant Funding

In the fall of 2023, MoCP received a grant (MA-253051-OMS-23) from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support digitizing additional works in our collection and updating artists’ biographies to make the collection more accessible to the general public.