Season Two: 2026 Programs
Join Anne Cross & Matthew Fox-Amato, Vindhya Buthpitiya, Leigh Raiford, Jeehey Kim, Zahid R. Chaudhary, and Tiffany Fairey for a year of thought-provoking conversations on photography and democracy.
Photography & Democracy
Our programs connect global voices to explore how photography shapes democracy and civic participation. We examine historical perspectives alongside today’s urgent social and political issues.
Season One
In our inaugural 2024/2025 season, Shawn Michelle Smith, Brenna Wynn Greer, Thy Phu, Darren Newbury, Ileana L. Selejan, and Patricia Hayes explored these questions through their research, offering diverse perspectives on photography’s role.
Critical Conversations
At Season One’s conclusion, we convened a reflective roundtable conversation. The contributors discussed the stakes of photography in our current world and the complexity of its operations in relation to power structures and systemic injustices.