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NEW PHOTOGRAPHY 2025:
LINES OF BELONGING

Marking the 40th anniversary of MoMA’s New Photography
series, Lines of Belonging showcases 13 international
artists and collectives from Johannesburg, Kathmandu,
New Orleans, and Mexico City. Their work expands
the boundaries of photography, interweaving personal
narratives with structural, environmental, and colonial
histories to explore the complexities of belonging.
Tania Franco Klein. Mirrored Table, Person (Subject #14) from Subject Studies:
Curated by Lucy Gallun, Roxana Marcoci, Oluremi C.
Chapter 1. 2022. Inkjet print. 29 1/2 × 39 1/2" (74.9 × 100.3 cm). © 2024 Tania
Onabanjo, and Caitlin Ryan, the exhibition examines how Franco Klein. Courtesy the artist.
artists express kinship and solidarity amid global shifts.
Across three gallery spaces, the show highlights diverse
approaches to archival storytelling, from Nepal Picture Renee Royale. River at Chalmette Battlefield (Fazendeville) from Landscapes
Library’s The Public Life of Women: A Feminist Memory of Matter. 2023. © 2024 Renee Royale. Courtesy the artist
Project to Gabrielle Garcia Steib’s exploration of Latin
Sandra Blow. Allan Balthazar (2017) from Untitled. 2017-20. Inkjet print. 43 1/4
American and U.S. connections. Gabrielle Goliath’s Berenice × 28 13/16" (109.9 × 73.2 cm). © 2024 Sandra Blow.
29–39 (2022) and Sandra Blow’s celebration of LGBTQ+
youth culture in Mexico City further reinforce themes of
identity and collective memory.
Amid the rapid consumption of digital imagery and artificial
intelligence, New Photography 2025 champions slowness,
persistence, and care, offering a meaningful reflection on
photography’s evolving role in contemporary culture.

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