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FotoFocus is pleased to present the Spring 2023 Lecture and Visiting Artist Series with Sky Hopinka.

Details

Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 7:00pmFath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

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Free and Open to the Public

Seating is available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Free parking is available.

Public Reception

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As FotoFocus celebrates its first decade, we get the behind-the-scenes scoop of how it started—and what the future holds—from eight people who have lived it.

I. Origin Story

TOM SCHIFF, Founder, FotoFocus and CEO, Lightborne: The idea started maybe 12 years ago or so with James Crump, who was the curator of photography at the Cincinnati Art Museum. I mentioned to him that I thought there were never enough photography exhibits in Cincinnati. I thought, If we could have a... Continue reading FotoFocus at 10: An Oral History

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 7:00pm Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Facebook Event for FotoFocus Presents: William Wegman Free and Open to the Public Early arrival is encouraged. Seating is available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Free parking is available. Public Reception A reception and book-signing will be held in the Great Hall immediately following the lecture. About the Artist Almost fifty years into his career, Wegman proves to be a living icon. He has worked with various media throughout his lifetime but continues to draw profound, global attention for his photographic portraits of Weimaraner dogs. Together, he and his dogs have been featured everywhere from the Smithsonian... Continue reading FotoFocus Presents: William Wegman

Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 7:00pm Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Free and Open to the Public Reservations are not required but early arrival is recommended. Free parking is available. Reception A public reception will be held in the Great Hall immediately following the lecture. About the Artist Zoe Leonard (b. 1961), a self-taught American artist and activist, has made an indelible mark on the way we see the world. She has spent her career challenging assumptions about documentary objectivity, organizing her subjects in a way that emphasizes subjectivity and visual authenticity, often examining the same subject—whether it’s shopfronts, chain link fences, or birds in flight—from... Continue reading FotoFocus Presents: Zoe Leonard

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 7:00pm Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Free and Open to the Public Reservations are not required, but early arrival is recommended. Free parking is available. Reception A public reception and book signing will follow the lecture in the Great Hall. About the Artist Larry Fink’s career spans ve decades with a body of work that explores class in America, depicting both the blue collar and the opulent elite in his distinctly unique and offbeat style. The artist will speak about the social and political nature of his work in a survey of his career to date, including recent photographs from the... Continue reading FotoFocus Presents: Larry Fink