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David Schalliol

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Sociology & Photography from Minneapolis, Minnesota

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MAS Context is thrilled to announce the publication of “Isolated Building Studies,” a book featuring David Schalliol’s (@metroblossom) series coinciding with his group exhibition “Absence” at Liverpool’s Stable Gallery, presented by Open Eye Gallery (@openeyegallery). The exhibition, curated by Laura Harris and Maike Pötschulat, opened on June 5 and closes this Saturday, July 11.

“Isolated Building Studies” is the visual confluence of David Schalliol’s interests in urban dynamism, socioeconomic inequality, and photography. By using uniform composition in photographs of Chicago buildings with no neighboring structures, he hopes to draw attention to new ways of seeing the common impact of divergent investment processes on urban communities.

The book includes over fifty photographs taken by David Schalliol over the last twenty years. It also includes texts by David Schalliol and Karen Irvine (@k_l_irvine), Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago (@mocpchi).

“Isolated Building Studies” has been designed by Renata Graw (@renatagraw) and Lucas Reif (@lucasreif) of Chicago-based Normal (@thenormalstudio) and Iker Gil (@ikergil) of MAS Context. It has been printed at Printer Trento (@printertrento) in Italy.
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Image: “Isolated Building Studies” book cover and spreads. © David Schalliol.
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#mascontext #davidschalliol #karenirvine #photography #book by @metroblossom

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Last week in Charleroi, Belgium

#Charleroi #Belgium #NightPhotography #BPS22 #Portrait taken in Charleroi, Belgique by @metroblossom

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People I met in London, Liverpool, and Oxford
June 2026

#England #Portrait #StreetPhotography taken in England, UK by @metroblossom

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2 months ago

New Story Poles photographs from Southern California. For more about the series and these strange found sculptures, see the link in my bio.

#California #StoryPoles #Dusk #Development #UrbanLandscape A small modernist house with poles subtly sticking from its roof at sunset. by @metroblossom

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#London #Shoreditch #Gentrification #Architecture #Night taken in Shoreditch by @metroblossom

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Pt. 2 - Artist and sociologist David Schalliol @metroblossom has been studying and photographing various iterations and projects of our organization since 2011.

Here are some horizontal portraits of a few of our staff artists, amazing @jungclauscampbell contractors and CAMi artists he captured as we scrambled to open and then —opened!

@iximenez
@sesseka
@sheissylvia
@juliexart56
@grayson__oconnell
@verygabart
@indijart
@slevijones
@jen.broemel
@cory_robinson_studio
@hqbooksandrecords
@shautamarsh
@jim_jwalker
@jen.broemel
@lgiple taken in Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis -CAMi by @metroblossom

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Pt. 1 - Artist and sociologist David Schalliol @metroblossom has been studying and photographing various iterations and projects of our organization since 2011.

Here are some vertical portraits of a few of our staff artists, contractors and CAMi artists he captured as we scrambled to open and then —opened!

@iximenez
@sesseka
@sheissylvia
@arte.de.sammy
@indyplantroom
@seamsquirky
@jim_jwalker
@hepaticapotterycollective
@cpyleabstracts
@_mollywolfe_
@jingoillo
@broparco
@sosastudiollc
@c.s.carrier.poet
@_mollywolfe_
@jaredcru
@lineandformartcenter
@indyplantroom taken in Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis -CAMi by @metroblossom

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A few days in Duluth, Minnesota.

#Minnesota #Duluth #NightPhotography #ICE #PositivelyThirdStreetBakery taken in Duluth, Minnesota by @metroblossom

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New in Observations: “Vanishing Black Bars & Lounges: An Interview With L. Kasimu Harris.” David Schalliol (@metroblossom) interviews L. Kasimu Harris (@visionsandverbs).
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In 2018, L. Kasimu Harris noticed that the Black bars and lounges that were once ubiquitous in his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana, were rapidly vanishing. The realization was the beginning of a long-term project photographing these essential third spaces in order to create a record of their vibrancy and provide a focal point for supporting them. He has since shown the work in museums around the country, including in the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, the Hilliard Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Photographer and sociologist David Schalliol sat down with L. Kasimu Harris to discuss the project and its potential.
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Images: (1) The Monday Faithfuls (Purple Rain Bar), New Orleans, 2019. (2) Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand (Sandpiper Lounge) New Orleans, 2019. (3) Come Tuesday (Marwan Pleasant at Sportsman’s Corner), New Orleans, 2020. © L. Kasimu Harris.
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#mascontext #lkasimuharris #davidschalliol #photography #neworleans by @metroblossom

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"Logan Square, Chicago" by David Schalliol, for No-Type Magazine Issue No. 01: Oh! Chicago!

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#NoTypeMagazine #ContemporaryPhotography #LensBasedArt #ChicagoPhotography #IndependentPublishing #SupportIndieMags by @metroblossom

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Out West

#TheWest #Dinosaurs #TheCrucifixion #Fire #Highway Sculptures of donuts and the crucifixion by @metroblossom

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#SanFrancisco #California #Mural #Graffiti #ICE taken in Mission District by @metroblossom

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