What does photography even mean anymore as the 21st century deepens and we find ourselves overwhelmed by a flood of images, both still and video? Maybe the Museum of Modern Art show “XL: 19 New Acquisitions in Photography,” which opens on May 10, can give us a clue or two. It’s meant to assess photography’s role in contemporary art — and maybe in our lives. The 19 artists include Yto Barrada, Robert Frank, Birgit Jürgenssen, Stephen Shore, Taryn Simon and Lynn Hershman Leeson, whose chromogenic color print “Roberta’s Construction Chart #2” (1976) is above. (moma.org)
