Photography

Every year, The George Gund Foundation commissions a photographer to highlight a Foundation priority or area of interest.

These artists have captured insights into the Foundation’s commitment to the revitalization of Cleveland’s neighborhoods, our longstanding concerns for improving public education, and many other issues. These photo essays both portray our areas of engagement and serve on their own as notable examples of our support for arts.

The first 12 years of photographs were compiled in a book, A City Seen, for the Foundation’s celebration of its 50th anniversary.

Current Commission

Bridges

Known for projects that trace the shifting intersection of landscape, history, and cultural identity, Kristine Potter turned her lens on Cleveland’s bridges — structures that reveal both the weight of civic ambition and the quiet persistence of new life around them. Attuned to both critique and possibility, Potter’s images reflect her broader practice of uncovering layered narratives within the American landscape.

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Bridges, Kristine Potter (2025)