Past Events
Thursday 13 January 2022
To celebrate the opening of 'A Pound of Pictures', accompanying the book of the same name, join Alec Soth at Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, to explore this marvellous new collection of peripatetic work reflecting on the photographic desire to pin down and crystallize experience.
Saturday 15 January
Join us to hear Alec Soth discuss his new book A Pound of Pictures with writer Rebecca Bengal, followed by a book signing. They will discuss the emergence of Soth's new, ruminative book from road trips and poetry readings, and the place of images in our day-to-day lives.
Thursday 16 December
Doris Derby discusses her work as a photographer and organiser at the heart of the civil rights movements in the United States with artist Hannah Collins. Through a series of defining images, Derby reflects on the historical event she witnessed first hand and their lessons for today’s generation of activists and artists.
Thursday 20 January
Join Janet Delaney and Mother Jones photo editor Mark Murrmann as they discuss Delaney's new book Red Eye to New York. Their conversation will focus on the pleasures and terrors of working as a photographer in the public arena. Delaney will also be sharing street photography work from around the world, including many never before seen images.
Wednesday 8 December
Join Joshua Chuang of The New York Public Library and photo-historian Miyuki Hinton for an immersive experience of Chizu (The Map), the legendary photobook first published by Kikuji Kawada in 1965. Learn firsthand why Chizu has been heralded as “the ultimate photobook-as-object,” the most famous and sought-after book in the history of Japanese photography. This is a rare opportunity for close study of the various versions of the book, including the newly published Maquette Edition.
Saturday 19 March
Join Gerry Johansson at the opening of his new solo exhibition 'Gerry Johansson: The Books' for the launch of Spanish Summer, his latest distinctive landscape study, which draws on Johnasson's decades of experience as a master photographer and book-maker to re-envision the plains of central Spain.