Landscape Photographs by Joe Jachna and Michael Tropea
Jan 26th–Apr 28th 2025Landscape Photographs by Joe Jachna and Michael Tropea, a tandem exhibition in Mies van der Rohe’s McCormick House, presents photographs from the Elmhurst Art Museum collection, including black and white photographs by Chicago photographers Joe Jachna and Michael Tropea selected from a gift to the Museum from the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation. Jachna’s photographs depict the landscape in abstract compositions, which impart a mysterious or otherworldly sense, while photographs by Michael Tropea capture industrial and pastoral views using the Kodak Panorama #1 camera manufactured in 1897.
Image credit: Michael Tropea, Railroad Yard, Chicago. From Landscape Portfolio, 1979-1981.