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The Lens

The Lens is the FotoFocus editorial platform that brings together a wide range of perspectives and insights to reflect on the ever-changing role that photography and lens-based media play in our world. Featuring news updates and programming highlights, alongside critical essays and in-depth conversations with artists, curators, scholars, and more, The Lens provides a vital space for discussion between members of our local and regional communities with those across the world.

Convening Stories at the Crossroads

Posted on April 22, 2024

Convening Stories at the Crossroads is a site-specific, outdoor, projection-based public artwork that explores intersecting histories and experiences of place. Working in video and sound, artist Diane Fellows weaves together… Continue

Rollin’ in Rhythm

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Skate Downtown Cincy presents Rollin’ in Rhythm, a group exhibition of street photography, portraiture, and sport videography. Intertwined with the birth of funk music in southwestern Ohio, Cincinnati is home… Continue

Behind the Lens: Unveiling the Unseen Narratives

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This juried outdoor exhibition invites photographers to go beyond the surface to capture hidden stories that lie behind photographs. Behind the Lens: Unveiling the Unseen Narratives challenges artists to explore… Continue

Meryl McMaster: Stories of the Infinite Sky

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Stories of the Infinite Sky places the artwork of Quebec-based photographer Meryl McMaster into the landscape of southwest Ohio. Blown up as semi-transparent tapestries, this outdoor exhibition presents the artist’s… Continue

Snapshots of Over-the-Rhine

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Most often the history of Over-the-Rhine is told from the perspective of white, European immigrants from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. What is left out are the stories… Continue