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The Lens

The Lens is the FotoFocus editorial platform, highlighting our programming and featuring in-depth conversations on photography and the moving image drawn from perspectives and insights in our community, throughout our region, and around the globe.


FotoFocus Announces 74 Exhibitions and 65 Venues for the 2026 Biennial: The Long View

Posted on June 16, 2026

FotoFocus is pleased to announce its list of featured exhibitions and venues for the 2026 Biennial: The Long View, taking place during the month of October with the Opening Program scheduled for September 30–October 3. Continue reading FotoFocus Announces 74 Exhibitions and 65 Venues for the 2026 Biennial: The Long View

Call to Artists: Region’s Venues Seek Artist Submissions

Posted on June 11, 2026

FotoFocus is happy to share regional venues seeking artist submissions for their individual exhibitions. Each venue listed has determined the specifics for their open call and is fully in charge… Continue reading Call to Artists: Region’s Venues Seek Artist Submissions

FotoFocus Launches Bloomberg Connects Digital Guide

Posted on June 3, 2026

FotoFocus has launched a new digital guide on the Bloomberg Connects platform. Bloomberg Connects is a free mobile app that provides users with the ability to explore interactive digital guides to cultural spaces around the world. Continue reading FotoFocus Launches Bloomberg Connects Digital Guide

FotoFocus Announces Big Tent Gallery Talks Program

Posted on May 5, 2026

FotoFocus is pleased to announce its program of talks for Big Tent, the inaugural exhibition at the new FotoFocus Center, a 14,700 square foot, purpose-built structure to house photographic exhibitions and year-round programs. To expand the artistic and intellectual scope of Big Tent, FotoFocus will present a series of talks touching on themes that resound throughout the exhibition: equality, pluralism, freedom of speech, and the democratic values the United States has long championed, now perceived to be under threat. Continue reading FotoFocus Announces Big Tent Gallery Talks Program

In Conversation: Lola Flash and Kevin Moore

Posted on April 23, 2026

FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator, Kevin Moore, met with photographer and activist Lola Flash over Zoom for a brief conversation earlier this month. Flash will visit the Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM) May 3 to celebrate the recent addition of their work at the museum. In the following conversation, they discuss Flash's experience in New York in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as several of Flash's projects, including Syzygy, the vision. Read on to find out more. Continue reading In Conversation: Lola Flash and Kevin Moore