CALL FOR ENTRIES: : Photography is The Future, An exhibition of the Top High School Photography Students.
Purchase College Photography Department at SUNY Purchase College announces a call for entries for an upcoming exhibition for high school students.
We invite current high school students to submit their best photographs for the exhibition, Photography Is the Future, part of the larger 'Photography Is' festival which celebrates and explores the ways in which photography intersects with our lives.
As the significance of this medium continues to grow at an unprecedented pace, it becomes crucial to reflect on the challenges and opportunities that a photograph presents.
What does it look like when you consider the future?
How can the future be depicted in a photograph?
Showcase your vision and creativity by submitting up to 5 images that represent what you believe is the future of photography.
Winners: A selection of the best works will be chosen and printed for an exhibition at Purchase college titled Photography is The Future.
TOP PRIZE | The top prize winner will receive a Canon EOS ID Camera Body
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES | The contest is open to all current high school students.
Up to 5 images
Images should be high resolution saved as jpg format
Label File: Name.Futureis.jpg ex. (JohnSmith.FutureIs.jpg)
Deadline October 31st.
For more information contact: madeleine.trudeau@purchase.edu
Curated by Katherine Combe, Jazmyne Salandy, Maddie Trudeau, Letizia Franzese, Vivian Joyce and Paris Judy
Eva O’Leary (b. 1989) is an artist who works primarily with photography and video. Her work navigates structural and social systems that perpetuate ideologies of fantasy, power, and control within American society specifically focused on the impact on young women and their experiences in the world.
Leni Dothan is an Israeli-born artist, architect and researcher based in London who blends her skills and knowledge in dealing with the overlooked representations of women and especially mothers in art history and contemporary culture, as well as eco-political urgent subjects.
Elle Pérez is an artist of Puerto Rican descent from the Bronx, New York. Pérez primarily works in photography, depicting the intimate moments, emotional exchanges, and visceral details within their portraits and landscapes.In their work, people are not simply subjected to the process of making a photograph: they are essential to both the creation of the image and its life and distribution thereafter.
"Photography is How We See It" takes you on a journey through the visual and textual narratives crafted by the students of Purchase College’s Photobook Class. As you step into this space, prepare to engage with a diverse array of photobooks that do more than just display photographs; they invite you into a multidimensional conversation about identity, environment, and history as seen through the eyes of young creatives.
Molly Stinchfield is a queer, New York based multi-media photographer who investigates the body and memory as sites for power imbalances and how social categories can lead to discrimination and injury.
She received her MFA in Photography and Media from California Institute of the Arts, BFA in Art+Design from SUNY Purchase and awards from CalArts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Manhattan Graphics Center, and Richard and Dolly Maas. Her artwork has been exhibited in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in venues such as the Roy and Edna CalArts Theater (REDCAT), A.I.R. Gallery, West Wave Festival and IMPACT Festival. Art Voices, Z!NK, Whitehot Magazine, Misadventures Magazine, Title, Exit 168 and other publications have featured her writing and images.
Stinchfield is the Co-Founder and Director of Freehold Art Exchange (FAEx), an artist residency program in the Catskills for environmental and social justice artists. www.freeholdartexchange.org
This event offers a unique opportunity to view the groundbreaking film and experience Goldin's photographs. The screening will be preceded by a slide lecture on her work, providing insights into her creative process and the social impact of her photography.
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"Photography is a Zine" is an immersive workshop taught by esteemed librarian and historian Tony White. In this hands-on class, participants will embark on an exciting journey to create "Zines in a day." The workshop is designed to be a collaborative process, fostering creativity and collective effort.
Belgium artist Mishka Henner discusses his work in the Photography is…Exhibition as well as the relationship between image and text
Mischa Henner is a Belgian-born artist residing in the UK, known for creating work that challenges conventional perspectives and invites viewers to reconsider their relationship with the world, technology, and the consequences of human activities. His diverse practice navigates the digital terrain, concentrating on cultural and geopolitical issues. Henner's work often manifests in books, films, photographs, and sculptures, reflecting on cultural and industrial infrastructures. This process is characterized by extensive documentary research and the meticulous reconstruction of imagery sourced from online materials.
Henner’s work has been featured in prestigious group exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and Metz, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Hasselblad Foundation in Gothenburg, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, FOAM Amsterdam, and Turner Contemporary in Margate.
He holds a Master's degree from Goldsmiths College in London. In 2013, Henner was awarded the Infinity Award for Art by the International Center of Photography and was also shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. The following year, he was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet for his large-scale works focusing on landscapes shaped by the oil and beef industries in America.
Join us for a conversation with photographer, photo editor, visual director, producer, teacher and purchase album Justin O’neill.
Currently employed with Hearst Publications, Justin oversees the photography published in Esquire, commissions photographers, produces photo and video shoots. Justin is also a faculty member of the School of Visual Arts where he teaches an undergraduate photography critique course.
Photography is foundational explores the first-year experience designed to provide undergraduate students with all the skills they will need to move forward within their major.
With an introduction by the fabulous Sherri Poppins (Purchase Alumni) In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves and live for a few days as they had always dreamed—dressed as and living as women without fear of being incarcerated or institutionalized for their self-expression. Told through the memories of those who visited the house, the film provides a moving look back at a secret world where the persecuted and frightened found freedom, acceptance and, often, the courage to live out of the shadows.
“Until Night Comes” is Max Mauro’s first photobook publication, published by Tired Eyes Publishing. With pictures made between 2019-2021, the series focuses on members of NYC’s queer nightlife community during various phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a working drag queen himself, Max turns his lens towards both friends and strangers alike, finding common ground in their shared struggles and experiences. How did the nightlife community establish connection with one another? What changed for them as safety guidelines updated? Max brings you face to face with these topics in an intimate way, forever championing the love, support, and resilience in New York City nightlife.
This illustrated lecture features Marisa Scheinfeld’s photographs of abandoned sites where over 500 hotels once prospered in New York’s Catskill Mountains. In her talk, Scheinfeld will discuss the rise and fall of the Borscht Belt, her documentation of the famed region, and the founding of the Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project.
This exhibition is a heartfelt collaboration between the residents of Broadview, the retirement community on campus, and students from Purchase College. It highlights the power of intergenerational learning through a series of photographs and interviews. The focus is on the images that matter most to the Broadview residents—pictures that encapsulate their lives, memories, and the essence of what they hold dear. How does one depict a lifetime in a single image? What are the photographs we choose to keep, and why? Join us in exploring these poignant visual narratives that bridge generations and celebrate the moments that truly matter.
The Black Library is a community art space and library dedicated to celebrating Black history and culture. Founded by Purchase College alumnus Douglas Schindler (‘22) and artist Michael Davis, its mission is to honor Black culture and history while fostering a creative, collaborative, and educational environment for the residents of Sullivan County, New York. Discover how you can get involved through exhibitions, lectures, and workshops designed to engage and build community.
"Photography is ." critically examines the history and evolution of photography, questioning its traditional narratives and exploring its multifaceted nature. This exhibition features works by David Wojnarowicz, Lois Conner, Justine Kurland, Marina Berio, Roger Richardson, James Casebere, Nandita Raman, Andrea Modica, Gregory Eddi Jones, Leni Dothan and Victoria Sambunaris, offering a diverse range of perspectives and approaches.
Dr. Liz will lead a nuanced discussion on the complex effects of photography within social media. Her presentation will emphasize strategies to maximize the benefits of social media while mitigating its risks. The session will be highly interactive, featuring a Q&A and a student panel.
Working with an archive of images from the Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program, this exhibition highlights the transformative role of art in prison rehabilitation. Founded at Sing Sing in 1996, RTA partners with professional artists to offer workshops in theater, dance, music, creative writing, and visual arts. These programs foster critical life skills, helping participants rebuild connections with their families and communities upon release.
The Center for Engagement at Purchase College has been transformed into a camera obscura allowing visitors to enter a darkened room where an inverted image of the outside world is projected onto the walls through a small aperture. This fascinating phenomenon not only captivates with its simplicity and beauty but also provides a profound connection to the fundamentals of visual art and perception.
Open for viewing Wednesdays and Fridays 10:00am-4:00pm
Experience a groundbreaking installation by Belgian artist Mishka Henner, projected onto the south side wall of the Visual Arts Building. This exhibition features over 3,000 phrases that encapsulate the essence of one of the most democratic and pervasive art forms—photography. Each phrase, deliberately stripped from its original context, mirrors the ambiguous and often deceptive nature of photographs themselves. The result is a tapestry of words that is at once contradictory, chaotic, frustrating, and profoundly insightful.
Although photography is often seen merely as a means of capturing and reproducing images, it is crucial to recognize photographs as unique objects with their own material properties. They do not just depict the material world; they actively participate in its formation. This exhibition explores photography as not just an image but as a physical object and how other mediums interact with its materiality.
Immerse yourself in the evocative work of Deborah Mesa-Pelly, a Cuban-born artist based in New York City. With a rich background in Photography and Printmaking from Purchase College and an MFA from Yale University, Mesa-Pelly's solo exhibitions have graced prestigious galleries worldwide. Her compelling works reflect her Cuban heritage and American experiences, creating a dynamic narrative that resonates across cultures.
An alumni show curated by Cassandra Hooper, Professor of Printmaking, Garrett Abell, Maass Gallery Intern and Ethan Tate, Printmaking major
On view: September 18 – Nov 22, 2024, Printmaking Exhibition Hall, Visual Arts Building, 1st Floor – North
Printmakers use photographs as source material and for their image making. Photomechanical printmaking processes are ubiquitous in the studio.
Photolithography, photogravure, polymer plate, collotype, screen-print, laser/CNC engraving, and inkjet printing (to name a few) offer ways for printmakers to reproduce photographic imagery in ink. Unlike the smooth gradient images of traditional silver photography, photomechanical images begin as dots, lines and solid shapes and go where the artist takes them.Featuring: Brenna Sastram (‘23), Liz Cuminale (‘24) , Anonymous, Eliza Hartley (’04), Marina Grize (‘10), Beth Garramone-Ross (’20), Stalgia Grigg (’16), Carly Moreno (’15), Emily Roberts-Negron (’06), Jenny McCormick (’01), Zane Smith (‘08), Xu Tan (‘21), Zaire Anderson (‘19), Sanne Vanderveen (‘18)
The Testament Project is an exploration and re-conception of the contemporary black experience in America. More often than not, black people are portrayed in the extreme—either as very rich or very poor, they are demonized, infantilized, ridiculed, idolized or hyper-sexualized; and within the art canon there is a noticeable scarcity of black representation.
In these glowing portraits, control of the colored lighting is given to my subjects, in order to create a space that is participatory and empowered. By including subjects in the creation of the scene and the altering of color, I seek to create photographs that portray individuality in addition to their blackness.
Photography is a Latin American Celebration: One More Thing Curated by Deborah Mesa-Pelly.
The conceit for this show is built around a photograph with a message on the verso that Felix Gonzalez Torres mailed Deborah Mesa Pelly in 1995.
The artists in this exhibition weave personal perspectives with humor, intimacy, and chance into a discussion with the Latin, Caribbean, and South American diasporic experience.
Since its inception, photography has had a plasticity, a fluidity of purpose and function. Suited for a shifting variety of applications, from the explicative to its appropriation, from the assumed reality to its abstraction. The idea of multiple simultaneous possibilities is at the center of this exhibition.
"Photography is Us: 50 Years of Faculty and Alumni" celebrates the rich legacy and diverse talents of the Purchase College photography community.
"Photography is Multicultural" highlights how photography serves as a medium to document, explore, and share the myriad experiences of different cultural identities. Through the works of Gia Han, Lauren Noelle Oliver, Sean Sirota, Sebastian Bass and Giancarlo Montes-Santangelo Photography is Multicultural transcends language barriers and connects people from various backgrounds/
Rachelle Mozman Solano works between New York and Panama the country of her maternal family. Starting often from her biography and family history Mozman Solano explores how culture shapes individuals, how environment conditions behavior. Her work is concerned with the intersection of mythology, history, economics, and the psyche through photographs and films that confound fact and fictional narrative. In her work narrative is explored as inherent to our humanity and shaped by perception. Mozman Solano's art is deeply informed by her clinical work in psychoanalysis. Mozman is the recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2024.
