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Upcoming Programming

Deadlines to Headlines: Covering a Campaign

Featuring Damon Winter, Chip Somodevilla, and Carolyn Kaster, moderated by Ben LaBolt

Photojournalists Damon Winter (The New York Times), Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images), and Carolyn Kaster (Associated Press) have all covered recent presidential campaigns, including those of Howard Dean, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump.

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Annenberg After Hours

A Friday for Night Owls!

Back by popular demand! If your days are busy, but your nights are free, Annenberg After Hours is the perfect time to check out Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America’s Library.

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.