Chicago Loop
1978
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 12 × 16.9 cm (4 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of John S. Parsley and Nancy Nolan Parsley
Accession Number
2023.157.12
Art Historical Context
**Chicago Loop**, a captivating 1978 gelatin silver by American photographer Barbara Crane, invites visitors to experience the pulsating energy of Chicago's iconic Loop district—the city's historic central business hub with its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets. Captured in a compact image size of 12 × 16.9 cm, this intimate black-and-white photograph reflects Crane's signature approach to urban photography during the late 1970s, a time when American cities were symbols of postwar vitality and transformation. Crane, a pioneering figure in experimental photography and longtime faculty ...