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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 Big Tent and the Opening of FotoFocus Center

Posted on April 7, 2026

FotoFocus is pleased to announce 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. Bringing together work by over fifty artists, the exhibition reflects upon the current state of American democracy while also considering the efficacy of photography to be a catalyst for meaningful change.  Continue reading FotoFocus Announces Big Tent and the Opening of FotoFocus Center

In Conversation: Matt Black and Kevin Moore

Posted on March 19, 2026

FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator, Kevin Moore, met with Photographer Matt Black over Zoom for a brief conversation prior to the upcoming FotoFocus Lecture and Visiting Artist series on March… Continue reading In Conversation: Matt Black and Kevin Moore

FotoFocus Presents: Matt Black

Posted on February 3, 2026

FotoFocus is pleased to announce Matt Black as the latest speaker in its Lecture and Visiting Artist Series. This event is free and open to the public but registration is… Continue reading FotoFocus Presents: Matt Black

Symposium Keynote Preview: Mitch Epstein and Robert Slifkin Consider Photography as Economy and its Role in Activism

Posted on October 1, 2025

In advance of their FotoFocus Symposium keynote, photographer Mitch Epstein and art historian Robert Slifkin discuss how photography is shaped by economies as well as the paradox between its use… Continue reading Symposium Keynote Preview: Mitch Epstein and Robert Slifkin Consider Photography as Economy and its Role in Activism

Material Matters: A Q&A with Lee Ann Daffner and Alison Rossiter

Posted on September 25, 2025

The conversations during the FotoFocus Symposium’s morning session, Material Economics, consider the materials at the heart of photographic practice—silver, platinum, bitumen, paper, and chemicals—and the economic, social, and environmental histories… Continue reading Material Matters: A Q&A with Lee Ann Daffner and Alison Rossiter