2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View

Invites You to Witness…

Contemporary Tintype Portraits and Altered Historic Images
at  the Cincinnati Art Club

Exhibitors: Blue Creek Tinworks, Cincinnati Art Club, Art Academy Alumni

Opening Reception: October 11, 1-4:00. 

Weekly: Through October 31, 2026. All are invited.
Thursday-Friday 4-7:00, Saturday-Sunday 1-5:00

Gallery Talk: October 21, 7-8:30, by Kip Eagen, Curator. He will explain the theme of the exhibition and all its facets, the history and aesthetics of tintype photography.

Artists: Alex Lippert- Blue Creek Tinworks. CAC members- Aleisa Yusko, ChengLun Na, Christine Kuhr, Emily Mayfield, Jens Rosenkrantz, Linda Jacobs, M. Kathryn Hurley, Su Ready. Art Academy of Cincinnati Alumni.

This exhibition shows 20 tintype photographic portraits of members of the current local Cincinnati photo community. The studio Blue Creek Tinworks will feature these portraits by photographer Alex Lippert, who specializes in natural light outdoor tintypes and portraits.

The exhibition also includes photographic reproductions from the archives of Cincinnati Art Club’s 135-year history. Artist Members have manipulated images by hand coloring, photo editing, embroidery and mixed media. Also, the Art Academy of Cincinnati Alumni are showing sizable images of local scenes. By exhibiting these groups of artists together this exhibition provides not only an overview of the current photographic community but a ‘long view’ back and forward, placing the present in a continuum of possibilities.