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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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