In this episode, <a href="https://www.abelardomorell.net" target="_blank">Abelardo Morel</a>l is in conversation with MoCP chief curator and deputy director, Karen Irvine. The two discuss Abe’s many decades experimenting with photography and the camera obscura, painting, parenthood, and Berenice Abbott’s Science Pictures, among other topics.Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/abelardomorell/">@abelardomorell</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/abelardomorell">@abelardomorell</a>

Episode 15: Shannon Bool and Tarrah Krajnak

Focal Point is a podcast exploring the artists, themes, and processes that define—and sometimes disrupt—the world of contemporary photography. Each episode engages two people in conversation around a photograph of their choice from the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s permanent collection. Join us as we explore contemporary photography in Chicago and beyond, through topics like the constructed image, portraiture and the human subject, the photographic archive, and more.