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2024 FOTOFOCUS BIENNIAL: backstories

An ambitious collaboration between FotoFocus and the region’s museums, galleries, universities, and non-traditional spaces, the FotoFocus Biennial is a month-long celebration of photography and lens-based art that unites artists, curators, and participants from around the world.

The 2024 FotoFocus Biennial: backstories included 107 projects at 86 Participating Venues across Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Northern Kentucky—the largest of its kind in America. These projects featured international, national, and regional artists and curators, focusing on stories that are not evident at first glance—offering context for what happened previously or out of view, providing narratives not yet told or presented from a new perspective. The 2024 Biennial featured a record number of 875 artists, curators, and participants and welcomed more than 300,000 visitors. 

  • 2024 09 28 13pm Symposium at MEMO 7R47878
  • 2024 09 27 13pm Chip Thomas Tour at CAC by Jacob Drabik 17 7R47462
  • 2024 09 27 11am Weston Brunch by Jacob Drabik 16 7R47384
  • 2024 09 21 Weston Memory Fields Curator Talk by Jacob Drabik 10 7R47060
  • 2024 09 06 Chip Thomas Soft Opening by Jacob Drabik 7R20720
  • 2024 09 27 16pm Site1212 Tour at AAC by Jacob Drabik 22 7R21041
  • 2024 09 27 13pm Chip Thomas Tour at CAC by Jacob Drabik 11 7R47403
  • 2024 09 21 Weston Memory Fields Curator Talk by Jacob Drabik 02 7R20867

About FotoFocus

Founded in 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio, FotoFocus is a nonprofit organization created to celebrate and champion photography as the medium of our time through programming that ignites a dialogue between contemporary lens-based art and the history of photography. FotoFocus presents lens-based signature programming including the FotoFocus Biennial, FotoFocus Symposium, FotoFocus Talks Series, and Film and Video programming.

FotoFocus has collaborated with organizations, curators, academics, and artists to present more than 800 exhibitions and programs to provide uniquely enriching access to lens-based art, film, and practices inspired by photography. FotoFocus has awarded over 600 grants to support partners presenting projects and educational programs that are accessible and engaging to the public.

The organization has brought hundreds of internationally-renowned artists to the Greater Cincinnati region, including Doug Aitken, Tina Barney, Jo Ann Callis, Gregory Crewdson, Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Mitch Epstein, Roe Ethridge, Larry Fink, Paul Graham, Todd Hido, Barbara Kasten, Michael Kenna, Zoe Leonard, Duane Michaels, Laurel Nakadate, David Benjamin Sherry, Laurie Simmons, Sandy Skoglund, Alec Soth, Doug + Mike Starn, Joyce Tenneson, John Waters, and Roger Ross Williams.

Homepage 2022 10 14 Dayton Bus Trip by Emily Akil IMG 9019
2022 FotoFocus Biennial: Neighborhood Spotlight Bus Trip to Dayton, OH. Photo by Emily Akil