Upcoming Programming
Celebrating Americana
Family Fun Day
Bring the whole family for a day at the Annenberg Space for Photography! Enjoy the exhibit and spend time with us in the park where there will be a medley of free activities to fill your afternoon.
Iris Nights: Time, Place, and Race
A Conversation with Will Wilson and Amy Scott
Diné artist Will Wilson and Autry Museum Chief Curator Amy Scott’s dialogue will cover a broad range of subjects, including the ways indigenous people are taking back the representation of their own cultures through art and photography.
Exhibits On View
Not An Ostrich: And Other Images From America’s Library
Apr 21,
2018 - Sep 09,
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.
Upcoming Exhibits
Photo Ark
Oct 13,
2018 - Jan 13,
2019
The National Geographic Photo Ark, led by photographer Joel Sartore, reflects an effort to document every species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries in order to motivate action through education.
Iris Nights Lecture Series
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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. -
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.
In Case You Missed...
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Julie Blackmon: The Power of Now and Other Tales From Home
Julie Blackmon discusses getting her start as a photographer, her process, her influences and the source of her inspiration. -
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Marcus Smith: Inside Iris Nights
Marcus Smith talks about documenting "Crew Love: A Basketball Diary," why he titled his lecture "Imaginary Fear" and his advice to young photographers. -
Lecture
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.