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The Department of Photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is constantly redefining the medium of photography. Our distinguished faculty and eclectic curriculum encourage you to experiment in your work. Our multifaceted approach to the medium includes traditional forms of image making and conceptually oriented practices and makes the SAIC Photography program uniquely diverse.

13/05/2025

In April 1972, the Polaroid company announced its newest innovation: the SX70 instant camera. With the press of a button, the pocket-sized device printed bri...

31/12/2024

The Ansel Adams photo is the National Portrait Gallery’s only portrait of a first couple taken during their time in the White House.

22/12/2024

Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He maxed out his credit cards, injured his back — and made it happen.

20/11/2024

For families that just decades earlier were torn apart by chattel slavery, being photographed together was proof of their resilience. Official Website: https...

09/11/2024

The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2022, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea market in southern France.

04/08/2024

New books by Gordon Parks, Platon, Peter van Agtmael and Myriam Boulos reveal how words powerfully fortify photographs.

11/06/2024

Richard Billingham’s “Ray’s a Laugh” took the art world by storm when it was first published. It’s back now in a revised edition, as the photographer intended.

06/06/2024

Robert Frank and Todd Webb traveled the U.S. in 1955. A show of their work will make you see America, and photography, with freshly rinsed eyes.

13/02/2024
10/02/2024

Photographer Louie Palu’s project “Cage Call” illuminates the environmental impact of photography.

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