FotoFocus hosts lens-based programming that supports and expands the cultural dialogue, inspiring conversations about the world through photography and film. In 1996, FotoFocus founders launched the Lecture and Visiting Artist Series; and in 2010, the organization expanded the program to include Symposiums, talks, and virtual conversations. More than fifty internationally-renowned photographers and filmmakers have participated in the FotoFocus Lecture and Visiting Artist Series including Doug Aitken, Tina Barney, Jo Ann Callis, Gregory Crewdson, Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Mitch Epstein, Roe Ethridge, Larry Fink, Paul Graham, Todd Hido, Barbara Kasten, Michael Kenna, Zoe Leonard, Duane Michaels, Laurel Nakadate, David Benjamin Sherry, Laurie Simmons, Sandy Skoglund, Alec Soth, Doug + Mike Starn, Joyce Tenneson, John Waters, and Roger Ross Williams.