Monstanto: A Photographic Investigation, devised by Mathieu Asselin, characterizes a shift towards conceptual documentary photographic practices that have expanded into terrain beyond the conventional documentary tropes of eye-witness testimony and … Continued
Gulf of Oman. Nuclear deal. Sanctions. Coronavirus. The contemporary geopolitical entry points into Sheida Soleimani’s practice are expansive. And urgent. Her relentless focus on the petroleum industry, and on the … Continued
The first time I saw Adrian Octavius Walker’s work was at a photography exhibition titled, Green Book at a small photo gallery in San Francisco the summer of 2018. In … Continued
For Wendy Red Star, history speaks through clothing and photographs. In her most well-known photographic series Four Seasons (2006) Red Star wears an Apsáalooke (Crow) dress akin to one that … Continued
Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, resulted in the incarceration of one hundred and ten thousand Japanese Americans in ten concentration camps. The camps … Continued
Kate Kraczon Kate Kraczon is the curator at The David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University. Previously, Brown helpd the position of Laporte Associate Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, … Continued
Inspired by the themes presented in Houston Center for Photography’s current exhibition, Tools of Revolution: Fashion Photography and Activism, the Spring 2020 issue of spot presents a series of interviews … Continued
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