Upcoming Programming
ANNENBERG SPACE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENTS PHOTOVILLE LA
The Largest Photographic Event in New York City Is Coming to Los Angeles!
Brooklyn’s annual photo festival, Photoville, is bringing its magic to Los Angeles for the first time in its seven-year history.
CONTACT HIGH: The Book
A Conversation and Book Signing with Author / Curator Vikki Tobak and Photographer Mike Miller
Author of the book CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop – and the exhibit’s curator – Vikki Tobak joins photographer and director Mike Miller, best known for his documentation of the West Coast rap scene, with his early images of Easy-E, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur.
Upcoming Exhibits
CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop
Apr 26,
2019 - Aug 18,
2019
Celebrating the photographers who have played a critical role in bringing hip-hop’s visual culture to the global stage, CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop is an inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers, as told through their most intimate diaries: their unedited contact sheets.
W|ALL: Defend, Divide, and the Divine
Sep 21,
2019 - Jan 05,
2020
W|ALL: Defend, Divide, and the Divine examines the historical use and artistic treatment of walls over centuries. Across diverse civilizations, walls have been central to human history, from Hadrian’s Wall to our current debate over the U.S./Mexico border.
Iris Nights Lecture Series
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Ami Vitale: One Village, Thirteen Elephants and the Moon
After more than a decade covering conflict, photographer and filmmaker Ami Vitale noticed that the less sensational, but equally true stories were not getting told—the wedding happening around the corner from the revolution, or the small triumphs amidst seemingly endless devastation. -
Dr. Carla Hayden and Sarah Lewis: Bringing History into the Future
The 14th Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden and bestselling author, curator, and Harvard University Assistant Professor Sarah Lewis engaged in a far-reaching conversation about the vital importance of the Library of Congress as an ultimate resource of cultural history, collective memory, and visual culture, as well as a vast photographic archive for the American people and the world. -
Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte & Tico Torres: Two Cubans and a Camera
Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte and his husband, Tico Torres, have worked together for over 30 years. -
David Alan Harvey: Capturing Cuba
David Alan Harvey’s discussion of his work in Cuba for National Geographic will be informed by his years instructing young photographers in New York City. -
Tria Giovan: The Cuba Archive: Photography from the 1990s
Over the course of six years and 12 month-long trips to Cuba in the 1990s, photographer Tria Giovan returned home to New York City with over 25,000 images of the Caribbean island. -
Greg Kahn: Havana Youth
Photographer Greg Kahn discusses how youth identity in Cuba is rapidly evolving and redefining what it means to be Cuban. -
Michael Christopher Brown: Cuba After Fidel
Michael Christopher Brown discusses his ongoing “Paradiso” project, capturing the lives of Havana youth and the underground electronica music scene populated by “frikis.” -
Anna Mia Davidson: Cuba: Black and White
Anna Mia Davidson discusses how her black-and-white photographs reflect the resilience, ingenuity, and spirit of the Cuban people. -
Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best
In this lecture he simply calls, “Personal Best,” Elliott Erwitt will show and speak about a selection of his most favorite photographs from his visits to Cuba in 1964 and 2015. -
Juliet Schor: Re-thinking Materialism: From competitive consumption to the eco-habitus
Juliet Schor discusses the consequences of a consumer culture obsessed with wealth and “fast fashion,” outlining a better path for society that is grounded in true materialism and ecological sanity. -
Renée C. Byer: Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor
Renée C. Byer speaks about her internationally acclaimed book, Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor, which illuminates the stories of people living on the brink of survival and invites us to put an end to extreme poverty.
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Stephen Mayes, Michael Kamber and Topaz Adizes: Tim Hetherington: A Very Personal War
Stephen Mayes, Micael Kamber and Topaz Adizes discuss the work of British-American photojournalist Tim Hetherington, who died while documenting the Libyan war, exploring his alternative representations of conflict. -
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Paul Lange: Good Light Stories – Nuances, Shadows and Reflections on Seeing
Paul Lange speaks about the importance of light in his work and how visual ideas connect to a bigger story. -
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Walker Wells: Armor, Adapt, Retreat: Green Urbanism for a Changing Climate
Walker Wells discusses how integrating an ecosystem awareness with the urban design process can enable communities to rise to the challenge of climate change.