Bob Thall
Encyclopedia
Bob Thall is a Chicago
photographer specializing in street scenes. He is Chair of the Photography Department at Columbia College Chicago
. His photographs, of gritty urban street scenes, have been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago
and the Museum of Modern Art
in New York. He won the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fellowship
for photography in 1998.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
photographer specializing in street scenes. He is Chair of the Photography Department at Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago is one of the largest art colleges in the United States with nearly 12,000 students pursuing degrees within 120 undergraduate and graduate programs...
. His photographs, of gritty urban street scenes, have been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
and the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
in New York. He won the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died April 26, 1922...
Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
for photography in 1998.
Books
- At City's Edge: Photographs of Chicago's Lakefront (Center for American Places - Center Books on American Places), Center for American Places, 2005. ISBN 1930066384
- On City Streets: Chicago, 1964-2004 (Center for American Places - Center Books on American Places), Center for American Places, 2005. ISBN 1930066376
- City Spaces: Photographs of Chicago Alleys (Center for American Places - Center Books on American Places), Center for American Places, 2002. ISBN 1930066074
- The New American Village (Creating the North American Landscape), The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. ISBN 0801861586
- The Perfect City (Creating the North American Landscape), The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. ISBN 0801847265