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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.

Lens-Based Shows To See This Summer

Posted on July 19, 2023

With FotoFocus in a non-Biennial year, you may be wondering how you can get your fix of lens-based shows. The good news? There are several exhibitions in the region you… Continue

Melvin Grier: It Was Always About the Work

Posted on June 15, 2023

With over three decades of experience at The Cincinnati Post and an accomplished career as an independent artist, photographer Melvin Grier (Cincinnati, OH) will open an exhibition at the Weston… Continue

Four Lens-Based Shows To See This Fall

Posted on September 1, 2021

The idea of fall arts seasons may feel like a hazy dream from another lifetime, but take heart, dear Queen City: There are several exhibitions in the region you won’t… Continue

The Fabric of our Lives

Posted on April 15, 2021

Opening May 15, Weston Art Gallery exhibits Material Message: Photographs of Fabric. We’re surrounded by it, but we hardly give it a second thought: Fabric literally covers our bodies and… Continue

FotoFocus at 10: An Oral History

Posted on December 17, 2020

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,… Continue