One could argue that most photographs are staged. Portrait photographs are certainly performed or even manipulated by both photographer and subject. While the earliest photographic portraits required sitters to remain still for several minutes, today it is hard to distinguish between posed and unposed pictures as photographers are able to capture images of people quickly and discreetly thanks to more portable cameras and faster exposures. Against this background, Staged, Performed, Manipulated presents photographs—drawn exclusively from the permanent collection and dating mostly from the early 1990s to mid-2000s—that engage these aspects of photography conceptually, addressing issues related to gender, identity, the photographic apparatus, the gaze, and more. The exhibition includes work by Gregory Crewdson, Carrie Mae Weems, Renée Cox, Katy Grannan, Justine Kurland, Nikki S. Lee, Meghan Boody, Anneè Olofsson, Yasumasa Morimura, James Casebere, David Levinthal, Kate O’Donovan Cook, Anthony Goicolea, and Barbara Probst.