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Reframing the Passport Photo @ Wallach Gallery of Columbia University

Martina Bacigalupo. Selections from Gulu Real Art Studio XXXVI and XIX, 2011-2013. Twelve found c-prints; each 5.9 x 3.9 in. ©Martina Bacigalupo. Courtesy the artist and Yossi Milo Gallery, New York.
Reframing the Passport Photo
Reframing the Passport Photo uses the passport as a lens through which to view contemporary issues associated with the globalized world: migration, nationalism, access, belonging, and personhood. Showing four artists whose work references the passport photo—Martina Bacigalupo, Tomoko Sawada, Stephanie Syjuco, and Sheng Qi—the exhibition explores the premises that underlie modern identification practices, exposing the growing gaps between personal identity and state-sanctioned identification. Together, the works shed light on the assumptions embedded within the international passport system and the social stratifications they perpetuate.
Curated by Hannah Morse
View online: https://wallach.columbia.edu/reframing-passport-photo

Sheng Qi. Memories (Me), 2000. Chromogenic print; 33 1/4 x 31 3/4 in. International Center of Photography, purchase, with funds from Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz, 2004. ©Sheng Qi. Courtesy the artist and International Center of Photography.

Stephanie Syjuco. Applicants (Migrants) #1, 2013-2018. Archival pigment print; each 3 x 4 1/2 in. ©Stephanie Syjuco. Courtesy the artist and RYAN LEE Gallery, New York.

Tomoko Sawada. ID-400 #201-300, 1998. 100 Gelatin silver prints; overall: 50 x 40 in. International Center of Photography, purchase, with funds provided by the ICP Acquisitions Committee, 2005. ©Tomoko Sawada. Courtesy the artist and ROSEGALLERY.
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