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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.

Artist Run: The Continuing Legacy of Cincinnati’s Artist-Run Spaces

Posted on March 12, 2024

Cincinnati has long been an incubator for experimental, outsider, and DIY arts activities. Some would argue that it’s because Ohio is a flyover state—or perhaps it’s due to a lack… Continue

More than Meets the Eye: An Immersive Display of Narrative Power through Photos

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By harnessing the power of personal narratives and universal themes of resilience, peace, and hope that connect us across borders and experiences, More than Meets the Eye encourages viewers to see… Continue

Liz Roberts: Post Blonde

Posted on May 22, 2023

FotoFocus and Weston Gallery present Liz Roberts: Post Blonde at CampSITE Sculpture Park. Post Blonde brings together new iterations of two works. In this site-specific work, the auto is immobilized… Continue

Recording Cincinnati: The Queen City In The Eyes Of Alice Cusson

Posted on March 23, 2022

"Recording Cincinnati World" features the photography of Cincinnati-area amateur photographer, Alice Cusson (1906-1971). Ms. Cusson's images present an eerie Cincinnati of the past captured in extraordinary yet everyday images. Continue

Wildest Dream

Posted on March 22, 2022

Using photography to raise awareness for the effects of climate change on animal species, I.imagine teen photographers exhibit beautiful images of endangered species currently living at the Cincinnati Zoo. Continue