The Hood's holdings of contemporary photography include examples of the conceptual, self-reflective, and intracultural works that define photography since the 1980s. With works from every continent, this area features global photography and includes major works by Zanele Muholi, Catherine Opie, Cara Romero, Pablo Delano, Shirin Neshat, and Bindi Cole.
Contemporary
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Zig Jackson, Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara / American, born 1957 | Sahnish (Arikara) | Minitari (Hidatsa) | Numakiki (Mandan) | Northern Plains | Plains
China Basin District, number 2 of 4, from the series Entering Zig's Indian Reservation
negative 1997; print 1997-1998
2007.37.1
Christian Thompson, Bidjara / Australian, born 1978 | Bidjara | Queensland | Australia
Black Gum #2, from the series Australian Graffiti
2007
2011.60.64
Wendy Red Star, Apsaalooke / American, born 1981 | Apsáalooke (Crow / Absaroke) | Plains
Winter, from The Four Seasons series
negative 2006; print July 1, 2014
2014.50.2
Nomusa Makhubu, South African, born 1984
Umasifanisane I (Comparison I) from The Self Portrait Project (2007/2013)
2014
2014.58.7
Bindi Cole, Wathaurung / Australian, born 1975 | Wathaurung | Melbourne | Australia | Victoria
Crystal, from the series Sistagirls
2009
2017.39.3
Zanele Muholi, South African, born 1972
Sifikile, Nuoro, Italy, from the series, Somnyama Ngonyama (MaID)
2015
2018.11
Polly Penrose, English, born 1976
Rolled Up Mats, from the series I Was Never Good at Yoga
2015
2019.62
Will Wilson, Citizen of the Navajo Nation (Diné), born 1969 | Diné (Navajo) | Southwest
Apache Pull-Toy
2020
2020.11
Patrick Nagatani, American, 1945 - 2017
Artifact 20:2 1994 R20/=+ Artifact 21:5 1994 R21/=+, from Ryoichi Excavations
negative 1994; print 2001
ph.2004.80.11
Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953
Untitled (Make-up with Daughter), from the Kitchen Table Series
1990
ph.991.46