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Mas issue information photography information and meaning 01

Photography, Information, and Meaning

Essay by Jörg M. Colberg, editor and founder of Conscientious, a website dedicated to contemporary fine-art photography
Mas issue trace tracing intentions 01

Tracing Intentions: The Photography of Frank Thiel

Essay by Krishna Bharathi with photography by Frank Thiel
Mas issue tokyo life cycles a tokyo bike story 01

Life Cycles: A Tokyo Bike Story

Story and photography by Lee Basford
Mas issue amusement empty amusement 01

Empty Amusement

Photography by Yosigo
Mas issue bilbao a place in transition 01

A Place in Transition

Essay by Iker Gil with photography by Aitor Ortiz
Mas issue improbable the advanced passenger train 01

The Advanced Passenger Train

Short Essay by Tom James with photography by Theo Simpson
Mas issue trace kowloon walled city 03

Kowloon Walled City: Heterotopia in a Space of Disappearance

Essay by Matthew Hung with photography by Greg Girard
Mas issue surveillance politicians under surveillance 01

Politicians Under Surveillance

Project by Luzinterruptus with photography by Gustavo Sanabria
Mas issue ordinary cover opening

Ordinary

Issue 23
Mas issue surveillance cover opening

Surveillance

Issue 22
Mas issue bilbao the vizcaya amusement park 32

The Vizcaya Amusement Park: A Story of Broken Dreams

Essay by Tomás Ruiz with photography by Yosigo
Mas issue network a village by the sez 01

A Village by the SEZ: The Dafen Sample of China’s Urbanization

Essay by designer, editor, and critic Jiang Jun, with photography by Yu Haibo
Mas issue repetition cover opening

Repetition

Issue 21
Mas issue more jason more cover

Jason = More

Iker Gil interviews Jason Pickleman
Mas issue energy as american as power 01

(As) American (As) Power

Iker Gil and Andrew Clark interview photographer Mitch Epstein, author of American Power
Mas issue information making visible the invisible 01

Making Visible the Invisible

Iker Gil interviews interactive media artist George Legrady
Mas issue communication sound life 01

A Sound Life

Iker Gil interviews movie sound designer Oriol Tarragó
Mas issue production printing the identity of los angeles 01

Printing the Identity of Los Angeles

Text by Chad Kouri with comments by Glenn Hinman, Julia Luke, James Black, Anthony Burrill and Cody Hudson with photography by Andreas E.G. Larsson
Beyond built architecture 01

Beyond Built Architecture

Ethel Baraona Pohl and César Reyes Nájera from dpr-barcelona interview Jonathan Gales, founding member of Factory Fifteen
Mas issue repetition harlem time tracker 01

Harlem Time Tracker

Text and photographs by Camilo José Vergara
Mas issue repetition we print because we can 01

We Print Because We Can

Essay by Patrick Sykes

Events

Mas event 2016 photography and place

Photography and Place

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2019 cartography and photography 01

Cartography and Photography: Revealing Global Metropolises

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2014 christopher baker 01

Christopher Baker: Free Love, Open-Source Style

MAS Context Spring Talks 2014
Mas event 2014 luftwerk 01

Luftwerk: Light+Space

MAS Context Spring Talks 2014
Mas event 2021 helmut jahn 01

Helmut Jahn: In a Flash

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 battleship berlin 01

Battleship Berlin

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 a renewed experimentalism 01

A Renewed Experimentalism: Exploring Late Modernism

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 radical logic 01

Ensamble Studio: Radical Logic

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas issue character growing up modern a family story 18

Living Modern: Surveying Influential Houses and their Inhabitants

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2020 uppland film screening 01

Uppland

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2022 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2022

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2019 nocturnal landscapes instituto cervantes opening 04

Nocturnal Landscapes: Urban Flows of Global Metropolises Exhibition Opening

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2018 can we not open our eyes to our own treasures 01

Can we not open our eyes to our own treasures?

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 terry evans 01

Terry Evans: Ancient Prairies and Fragmented Landscapes

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 jason reblando 01

Jason Reblando: New Deal Utopias

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2017 starship chicago cover

Starship Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 geoff manaugh 01

Geoff Manaugh: A Burglar’s Guide to the City

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2015 nina rappaport ezra stoller 02

Nina Rappaport: Ezra Stoller

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 pitchfork cover

Pitchfork studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 03

JNL Graphic Design studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2013 suburbia gone wild 01

Suburbia Gone Wild

MAS Context Spring Talks 2013
Mas event 2023 periphery 01

Periphery

Exhibition
Mas event 2023 couplings thumbnail

Couplings 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 starship chicago II thumbnail

Starship Chicago II Premiere

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 starship chicago II poster 2 crop

Starship Chicago II

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2024 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2024

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2025 material acts 02

Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design

MAS Context Spring Talks 2025

Observations

Mas observations 2021 nocturnal landscapes greg girard 01

Nocturnal Landscapes in Photography: Greg Girard

David Schalliol interviews Greg Girard
Mas observations 2022 eibar the factory city 01

Eibar, the Factory City

Essay Luis Ulacia and photography by José Ronco with an introduction by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2022 on the origins of high water 01

On the Origins of High Water

Iker Gil and Mimi Zeiger interview Virginia Hanusik
Mas observations 2022 from the mississippi watershed 01

From the Mississippi Watershed

Iker Gil interviews David Schalliol
Mas observations 2020 present futures 01

Present Futures: Mechanics of Ethnocratic Colonial Urbanism

Project by Rula Zuhour with photography by Samer Sharif
Mas observations 2020 el jinete amarillo 44

El Jinete Amarillo

Text by Tamara Crespo and photography by Fidel Raso
Mas observations 2019 barbara kasten 01

Connections: 48 Years

Presentation by Barbara Kasten
Mas observations 2019 spontaneous uses cover

Spontaneous Uses

Text and drawings by SIAA with photography by Lauro Rocha
Mas observations 2024 the culture of shellfish harvesters 01

The Culture of Shellfish Harvesters

Texts by Miguel Losada and Pedro G. Losada, with photography by Pedro G. Losada
Mas observations 2020 converging at architecture 01

Converging at Architecture: An Interview with Jeanne Gang

Ann Lui interviews Jeanne Gang
Mas observations 2020 access for all 01

Access for All: São Paulo’s Architectural Infrastructures

Text by Daniel Talesnik
Mas observations 2020 on the precious work of brinda somaya 01

On the Precious Work of Brinda Somaya

Text and projects by Brinda Somaya
Mas observations 2019 southern exposure 07

Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

Iker Gil interviews Lee Bey
Mas observations 2019 almost perfect 01

Almost Perfect

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin Mendo
Mas observations 2022 madrid diversa rainer torrado 02

Madrid Diversa: Five Perspectives on the City Through Maps, Photographs, and Sounds

Text by Ariadna Cantis and Javier Peña Ibañez
Mas observations 2022 seeing richard nickel 01

Seeing Richard Nickel

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2023 1 1 2 01

1 + 1 > 2: Letter to Biljana, Notes to Frida

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2023 seeking zohn zara pfeifer 01

Seeking Zohn

Text by curators Mimi Zeiger and Tony Macarena (Lorena Canales and Alejandro Olávarri) as well as Alejandro Hernández Gálvez
Mas observations 2023 art at the james r thompson center 01

Art at the James R. Thompson Center

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 01

JNL Graphic Design: Celebrating a Studio that Sculpted the Visual and Cultural Landscape of Chicago and Beyond

Celebrating the work of JNL Graphic Design
Mas observations 2023 outside the box 01a

Outside the Box: Modern and Contemporary Houses in Riverside

Text by Michelangelo Sabatino with photographs by Will Quam
Mas observations 2023 lavadoiro ana amado 01

Lavadoiro

Text and photos by Ana Amado
Mas observations 2024 urban exploration as creative practice 01

Urban Exploration as Creative Practice

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 five bay landscapes saginaw bay 13

Five Bay Landscapes: Saginaw Bay

Essay by Sean Burkholder and Karen Lutsky
Mas observations 2024 unnamed spaces sebrae 01

Unnamed Spaces

Marta Bogéa, Mônica Junqueira de Camargo, and Pedro Kok in conversation with Alvaro Puntoni and João Sodré of GRUPOSP
Mas observations 2024 sentinels iron portals of chicagoland 03

Sentinels: Iron Portals of Chicagoland

Project by Cédric Van Parys
Mas observations 2024 building culture denise scott brown 05

Building Culture: An Interview with Denise Scott Brown

Julian Rose interviews Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2024 a history of preservation in chicago 01

A History of Preservation in Chicago

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 capturing the feeling of john portman 09

Capturing the Feeling of John Portman

Photo essay by Phil Donohue
Mas observations 2024 exploring the specificities of place from panama to oxford 01

Exploring the Specificities of Place, from Panama to Oxford

David Schalliol interviews Arturo Soto
Mas observations 2025 last stop astoria queens

Last Stop: An Exploration of the Neighborhoods at the Ends of the Subway Lines in New York City

Iker Gil interviews Brian Rose
Mas observations 2025 modern forms swiss medical research foundation 01

Modern Forms: Nicolas Grospierre’s Ongoing Photographic Exploration of Modernist Architecture Around the World

Iker Gil interviews Nicolas Grospierre

Dialogues

Mas dialogues natasha egan cover

Dialogues: Natasha Egan

Stephen Killion interviews Natasha Egan, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)
Mas dialogues margaret mccurry cover

Dialogues: Margaret McCurry

Iker Gil and Julie Michiels interview architect Margaret McCurry
Mas context dialogues dan wheeler

Dialogues: Dan Wheeler

Iker Gil interviews architect Dan Wheeler
Mas dialogues 2025 sidney robinson cover

Dialogues: Sidney K. Robinson

Iker Gil interviews architect Sidney K. Robinson

News

Mas news 2022 james florio julius shulman award

James Florio Receives the 2022 Julius Shulman Institute’s Excellence in Photography Award
Mas event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 06

MAS Context 2021 Year in Review
Mas shop 2021 nocturnal landscapes cover 01

Centre régional de la photographie Hauts-de-France acquires Nocturnal Landscapes
Mas shop 2021 radical logic cover 01

MAS Context launches its new book Radical Logic: On the Work of Ensamble Studio
Mas event 2019 marita gomis la ricarda 04

MAS Context 2019 Fall Talks
Mas news 2011 mas context in archizines 01

MAS Context in Archizines
Mas news 2022 james florio julius shulman award

“On Light, Time, and Materiality” by James Florio opens at pinkcomma gallery in Boston
Mas news 2022 radical logic uwm sarup 01

“Radical Logic: On the Work of Ensamble Studio” opens in Milwaukee
Portrait of Molly Hanse and David Schalliol

Molly Hanse and David Schalliol join MAS Context’s team
Mas board advisors jason pickleman headshot

Jason Pickleman (1965–2024)
Mas shop 2024 phil donohue the future was then overall

MAS Context collaborates with photographer Phil Donohue

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Lee Bey

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Janna Ireland

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Derek Hoeferlin

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Virginia Hanusik

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David Schalliol

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Noritaka Minami

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Terry Evans

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Jason Reblando

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José Ronco

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Parsons & Charlesworth

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Darren Bradley

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Jason Pickleman

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Deborah Richmond

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Jessica Rodrigue

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Samer Sharif

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Tamara Crespo

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Arina Dähnick

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Barbara Kasten

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Atelier Olschinsky

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Aitor Ortiz

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Chris Martin

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Juan de Dios Pérez

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Jon Cole

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George Legrady

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Jörg M. Colberg

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Yu Haibo

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Michael Chrisman

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Andrew Bush

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Richard Mosse

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Frank Thiel

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Dennis Maher

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Factory Fifteen

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Henrietta Williams

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Jens Sundheim

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Bernhard Reuss

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Luzinterruptus

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Rene Kersting

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Reinaldo Loureiro

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​​Marin R. Sullivan

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Ana Amado

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Andrés Patiño

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Adam Wiseman

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