Iilit Azoulay and Katharina Gaenssler are participating in New Photography, MoMA’s longstanding exhibition series of recent work in photography. On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, New Photography is expanding to 19 artists and artist collectives from 14 countries, and includes works made specifically for this exhibition. Participating artists include: Zbyněk Baladrán (Czech, b. 1973) | Lucas Blalock (American, b. 1978)  | Edson Chagas (Angolan, b. 1977) | Natalie Czech (German, b. 1976) | DIS (Collective, founded U.S., 2010) | David Hartt (Canadian, b. 1967) | Mishka Henner (Belgian, b. 1976) | David Horvitz (American, b. 1982) | John Houck (American, b. 1977) | Yuki Kimura (Japanese, b. 1971) |  Anouk Kruithof (Dutch, b. 1981) | Basim Magdy (Egyptian, b. 1977) | Katja Novitskova (Estonian, b. 1984) | Marina Pinsky (Russian, b. 1986) | Lele Saveri (Italian, b. 1980) | Indrė Šerpytytė (Lithuanian, b. 1983) | Lieko Shiga (Japanese, b. 1980) These artists explore contemporary photo-based culture, specifically focusing on connectivity, the circulation of images, information networks, and communication models.

Ocean of Images presents bodies of work that critically redefine photography as a field of experimentation and intellectual inquiry, where digital and analog, virtual and real dimensions cross over.

The exhibition is Organized by Quentin Bajac, The Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Chief Curator of Photography, Roxana Marcoci, Senior Curator, and Lucy Gallun, Assistant Curator, Department of Photography.