Photo by Jacob Drabik

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 Biennial Project Incorporates Internships for Local Students

Posted on July 20, 2022

Australian artist Ian Strange will create new photographic and film works while completing an Artist in Residence program with FotoFocus at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. The residency includes a… Continue reading FotoFocus Biennial Project Incorporates Internships for Local Students

Q&A with Australian Artist Ian Strange

Posted on June 21, 2022

Australian artist Ian Strange will create new photographic and film works for the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial: World Record, organized by FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator Kevin Moore. Strange’s series will… Continue reading Q&A with Australian Artist Ian Strange

Q&A with Cincinnati Photographer Tina Gutierrez 

Posted on May 3, 2022

Costume has long been used as a form of expression and communication. A series that could only be made in the time of Covid-19, Tina Gutierrez’s project titled Covid-19, Coronavirus… Continue reading Q&A with Cincinnati Photographer Tina Gutierrez 

2021, A Reluctantly Not-Miserable Retrospective

Posted on December 15, 2021

2021 was … technically a year. Sure, it feels like January became October with a tiny blip of optimism for, like, two weeks in June. But as we look back,… Continue reading 2021, A Reluctantly Not-Miserable Retrospective

Dust to Dust

Posted on December 9, 2021

Tunnelitis, an exhibition of photographs by Raymond Thompson, Jr., at Studeō PAR- uncovers an obfuscated history. “Overall, it’s kind of a quiet show, if that makes sense,” says Jonathan Sears,… Continue reading Dust to Dust