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What an incredible weekend it was for us here at FotoFocus and with the greater Cincinnati community!

Thank you for joining us for the opening of the FotoFocus Center's inaugural exhibition "Big Tent" and our gallery talks program. Here are some of our favorite moments from the weekend.

We hope to see you soon at our brand new FotoFocus Center! Stay tuned for summer programming announcements.

📸: Photos by Phil Armstrong and Angie Lipscomb

FotoFocus has launched a new digital guide on the Bloomberg Connects platform, a free mobile app that provides users with the ability to explore interactive digital guides to cultural spaces around the world.

Whether visiting our programs and exhibitions in person or experiencing them virtually, our Bloomberg Connects digital guide is intended to enhance your experience at the FotoFocus Center. This guide takes you behind the scenes with exclusive multimedia perspectives from a variety of expert voices. Use the guide to plan your visit, access supplemental materials on Exhibitions, and dive deeper into selected works.

Learn more about our free guide: https://www.fotofocus.org/2026/06/03/bloomberg-connects-digital-guide/

Today's the big day! Join us tonight for the opening reception of the brand new FotoFocus Center and its inaugural exhibition, "Big Tent" from 6-8pm.

As part of the celebration, we're also presenting a series of artists talks touching on themes that resound throughout the exhibition. Join us tomorrow, May 30 from 1-5pm, for conversations between Rico Gatson and David Benjamin Sherry, Marco Anelli and Stacy Kranitz, and Alyse Emdur and Accra Shepp.

Learn more about tonight's event at the link in bio. We hope to see you!

📸: Installation view, Big Tent. Photo: Madeleine Hordinski, 2026. Image courtesy of FotoFocus Center, Cincinnati, OH

Celebrating the inaugural exhibition "Big Tent" and the opening of FotoFocus Center, FotoFocus is presenting a series of artists talks on May 30, 1-5pm, for conversations between Rico Gatson and David Benjamin Sherry, Marco Anelli and Stacy Kranitz, and Alyse Emdur and Accra Shepp.

The artist talks will touch on themes that resound throughout the exhibition: equality, pluralism, freedom of speech, and the democratic values the United States has long championed, now perceived to be under threat.

Learn more about our talks program: https://www.fotofocus.org/event/big-tent-gallery-talks/

📸 Marco Anelli, "First American Portrait: Rogina, Bangladesh," 2018. Courtesy of the artist

Big Tent Gallery Talks | FotoFocus Cincinnati Presenting the finest in contemporary photography and lens-based art

We are excited to announce our Gallery Talks program for Big Tent, the inaugural exhibition at the new FotoFocus Center.

To expand the artistic and intellectual scope of Big Tent, FotoFocus will present a series of talks touching on themes that resound throughout the exhibition: equality, pluralism, freedom of speech, and the democratic values the United States has long championed, now perceived to be under threat.

Join us on May 30 and July 18 as we welcome participating artists to Cincinnati for special day-long programs in conversation with one another.

Learn more and RSVP to the May 30, 2026 event at FotoFocus.org.

📸 Asa Featherstone IV, The Gift, 2023. © Asa Featherstone IV. Courtesy of the artist

FotoFocus Announces Big Tent Gallery Talks Program FotoFocus is pleased to announce its program of talks for Big Tent, the inaugural exhibition at the new FotoFocus Center, a 14,700 square foot, purpose-built structure to house photographic exhibitions and year-round programs. To expand the artistic and intellectual scope of Big Tent, FotoFocus will

“Big Tent,” our inaugural exhibition at the new FotoFocus Center opening May 29, brings together over fifty artists exploring American democracy, civic life, and the power of the photographic medium. To mark this milestone, we're spotlighting the artists in the exhibition, starting with Stacy Kranitz.

Born in Kentucky and currently based in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Tennessee, Kranitz’s work explores the complexities of the Appalachian region and the inherent limitations of photographic representation. She has received many awards for her work, including a Pulitzer Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her photographs are in several public collections, including the National Gallery of Art, Harvard Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and Duke University, Archive of Documentary Arts.

Learn more about "Big Tent" at the link in bio!



📸 Stacy Kranitz, "Letart, West Virginia," 2015. Courtesy of the artist.