Upcoming Programming
Anna Mia Davidson: Cuba: Black and White
Iris Nights Lecture Series
Anna Mia Davidson will discuss how her black-and-white photographs reflect the resilience, ingenuity, and spirit of the Cuban people.
Omar Z Robles Street Dance Workshop
with Jacob Jonas The Company
Photographer Omar Z Robles—whose recent series of Cuban ballerinas dancing the streets of Havana has been published worldwide—leads this latest #CamerasAndDancers workshop with Jacob Jonas The Company.
Exhibits On View
Cuba Is
Sep 9, 2017 - Mar 4, 2018
Revealing complexities both on and off the island, Cuba Is explores aspects of Cuba not easily accessed by foreigners, and sometimes not even by Cubans themselves.
Resolviendo:
Sep 9, 2017 - Mar 4, 2018
RESOLVIENDO is a familiar sentiment in Cuban culture that is being redefined by a new generation.
Upcoming Exhibits
A Curation of Powerful Images
Apr 21, 2018 - Sep 9, 2018
Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America’s Library is the result of celebrated American photography curator Anne Wilkes Tucker’s excavation of nearly 500 images—out of a collection of over 14 million—permanently housed at the Library of Congress.
Iris Nights Lecture Series
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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. -
Myles Little: One Percent: Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality
Curator Myles Little (“a rising leader and visionary” according to The Huffington Post) will walk audiences through the genesis of his new project, its roots in MoMA’s historic Family of Man exhibit, and a slideshow of these extraordinary, timely images. -
Lauren Greenfield: GENERATION WEALTH
Lauren Greenfield discusses the 25-year journey behind the making of her thought-provoking GENERATION WEALTH project, culminating in her new exhibit and a documentary feature. -
Bruce Gilden: In The Crowd
Photographer Bruce Gilden will discuss his life’s work, which centers on street photography and often-overlooked subjects. -
Catherine Opie: Life and Work
Catherine Opie discusses her life and work, including her iconic photography series of portraits and American urban landscapes. -
Chris Buck: UNEASY: Portraits 1986-2016
Chris Buck discusses the full scope of his career, including the stories behind photo sessions with subjects such as President Barack Obama, Joaquin Phoenix, Lena Dunham, Snoop Dogg and many more. -
Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst: Relationship
Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst discuss the series of photographs they took, over a period of six years, to document the story of their romantic and creative collaboration. -
Giselle Fernández: Coming Home to Yourself
Giselle Fernández discusses how an eclectic, artistic and multicultural upbringing fueled her career in journalism, as well as her business, politics, passions, profession and philanthropy. -
Candace Feit: In Search of the Feminine in the Divine
Candace Feit discusses how her photographic process helped tell the story of the transgender community in southern India by using subtle, in-between moments to illuminate deeper truths.
