The Photography Lecture Series at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) brings leading voices in contemporary photography to campus each semester.
Our celebrated Photography Lecture Series features accomplished artists, historians, critics, and curators from diverse backgrounds and geographic locations. These visiting speakers are nationally and internationally recognized practitioners whose work shapes the field of photography today. Through lectures, discussions, and public programs, the series sparks dynamic conversations, supports critical inquiry, and connects students and the broader community with current ideas in the medium.
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Past Photography Lecture Series
Explore past semesters of the MassArt Photography Lecture Series, featuring visiting artists and speakers whose work spans documentary, fine art, experimental, and interdisciplinary photographic practices.
Fall 2025 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Abelardo Morell, Tent-Camera Image: Poppy Field #2, Near Vetheuil, France, 2023.
Spring 2025 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Kathya Maria Landeros, Alex in Repose, 2006.
Fall 2024 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Barbara Bosworth, MoonRising (Antelope Lake), 2011.
Spring 2024 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Whitney Hubbs, Untitled (Dolphin), 2022.
Fall 2023 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Pao Houa Her, My grandmother’s favorite grandchild-Duachi, 2017. From the series My grandfather turned into a tiger. Courtesy of Bockley Gallery.
Fall 2022 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Rahim Fortune, Billy & Minzly, 2020.
Spring 2022 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Diana Markosian, Vieja Valley, from the series Santa Barbara, 2019.
Fall 2021 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Alejandro Cartagena, Fragmented Cities, Apodaca.
Spring 2021 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Genevieve Gaignard, Trailblazer (A Dream Deferred), 2017. Courtesey of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angelos.
Fall 2020 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Allen Frame, Ivana at the Window, Rome, 2017.
Spring 2020 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Carmen Winant, My Birth, 2018.
Fall 2019 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Mimi Plumb, Burnt Lamp, from Landfall, 1988.
Spring 2019 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Carolyn Drake, Untitled, from the series Wild Pigeon, 2013.
Fall 2018 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Gregory Halpern, Untitled, from ZZYZX, 2017.
Spring 2018 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Nigel Poor, Hilliard Image Mapped By Rubin Ramirez, from The San Quentin Project.
Fall 2017 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Justine Kurland, Untitled, 2016.
Spring 2017 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Katy Grannan, Anonymous, Modesto, CA, 2012, from the series The 99.
Fall 2016 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Zanele Muholi, Vuyelwa Makubetse, KwaThema Community Hall, Springs, Johannesburg, 2011.
Spring 2016 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Fazal Sheikh, Manita, Hindu boarding school, Ahmedabad, India, 2007, from the series Ladli. Courtesy of the artist and Pace/MacGill Gallery, NY.
Fall 2015 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Deana Lawson, Nikki’s Kitchen, Detroit, Michigan, 2015.
Spring 2015 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Corinne Noordenbos, Alzheimer 4.
Fall 2014 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Nicolas Heani, from Self Publish, Be Happy.
Spring 2014 Photography Lecture Series. Image: Daniel Gordon, Early Spring Onions, 2013. Courtesy of the Artist.
