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Zoe Strauss

Zoe Strauss

1970

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25

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31

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1

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About

Why this artist matters now

Zoe Strauss photographs people and places in Philadelphia with an unflinching directness that places her in the tradition of Walker Evans and Robert Frank. Her subjects are ordinary Americans whose lives register in her images as both particular and emblematic, pressing against invisibility. A nominee member of Magnum Photos, Strauss has worked with curator Peter Barberie at the intersection of street documentary and social portraiture. The city functions not merely as backdrop but as primary subject, its textures and inhabitants inseparable from the work's meaning.

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (25)

Untitled (Gary Football Field), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Gary Football Field), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Lincoln was a Good Old Man), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Lincoln was a Good Old Man), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Frank on Sofa), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Frank on Sofa), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Tiger Lounge), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Tiger Lounge), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Woman Striker), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Woman Striker), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.9 × 48.3 cm (13 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Puerto Rican Flag on Car), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Puerto Rican Flag on Car), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Beverly Mother), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Beverly Mother), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.2 cm (12 15/16 × 19 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Michael Jackson House, Bad Poster on Lawn), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Michael Jackson House, Bad Poster on Lawn), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (McDonald's Window), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (McDonald's Window), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Salt), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Salt), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Week of the Perfect Game), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Week of the Perfect Game), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (If You Can Dream It), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (If You Can Dream It), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.9 × 48.3 cm (13 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Yes We Did), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Yes We Did), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 44 × 29.2 cm (17 3/8 × 11 1/2 in.); Paper: 48.3 × 32.9 cm (19 1/16 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Man in Miller Hat, Hemp Lover), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Man in Miller Hat, Hemp Lover), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Robert), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Robert), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.9 × 48.3 cm (13 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Shorty Cropped), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Shorty Cropped), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Bev and Frank Bed), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (Bev and Frank Bed), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 29.2 × 44 cm (11 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.); Paper: 32.8 × 48.3 cm (12 15/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (RIP Isaiah Zeko), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

Untitled (RIP Isaiah Zeko), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game"

2009 · Inkjet print

Image: 44 × 29.2 cm (17 3/8 × 11 1/2 in.); Paper: 48.3 × 32.9 cm (19 1/16 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Week of the Perfect Game

The Week of the Perfect Game

2009 · Installation of 18 inkjet prints and text panel

Approx.: 561 × 48 cm (220 7/8 × 18 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vanessa, Philadelphia

Vanessa, Philadelphia

2001 · Inkjet print

Image: 28.6 × 43 cm (11 5/16 × 16 15/16 in.); Paper: 33 × 48 cm (13 × 18 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Taken Down Posters, Philadelphia

Taken Down Posters, Philadelphia

1996 · Inkjet print

Image: 28 × 42.2 cm (11 1/16 × 16 5/8 in.); Paper: 33 × 48.1 cm (13 × 18 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mom were ok

1996 · Inkjet print

Image: 28.7 × 43.1 cm (11 5/16 × 17 in.); Paper: 33 × 47.9 cm (13 × 18 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Monique Showing Black Eye

Monique Showing Black Eye

1996 · Inkjet print

Image: 43.1 × 28.8 cm (17 × 11 3/8 in.); Paper: 48 × 33 cm (18 15/16 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

If you reading this fuck you

If you reading this fuck you

1996 · Inkjet print

43 × 30.7 cm (image); 47.9 × 33 (paper)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled (RIP Isaiah Zeko), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (RIP Isaiah Zeko), from the series, "The Week of the Perfect Game" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Zoe Strauss (cropped)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Zoe Strauss, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (6289017130)

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Zoe Strauss

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Philadelphia High School for Girls

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